Scientist; EDG

Position: Scientist (EDG-2026024)

Location: Portland, OR

Job : 259

# of Openings: 1

About the Position: Scientific position with a range of duties including planning, designing and executing high‑quality muscle experiments, producing consistent and reliable data, and critically evaluating and reporting results while influencing the technical aspects of an assigned project.

• Independently initiate, plan, design, and execute experiments within the broad context and goals of a project.
• Conduct detailed and complex wet laboratory experiments with appropriate technique and adequate controls satisfactory to substantiate/replicate results.
• Critically analyze, interpret, and evaluate experimental data that may require extensive correlation and consolidation from multiple sources with little or no supervision.
• Contribute to the direction and progression of the assigned project by offering input and improvements based on theoretical considerations and evidence‑based practices.
• Operate independently as an exceptional research scientist whose contributions are significantly important to an assigned project/department.
• Report periodic documentation of work in oral and/or written form for internal and/or external purposes.
• Consistently contribute to project team meetings.
• Maintain scientific records in clear required form.
• Contribute scientific perspective to patent or IND efforts.
• Update job knowledge by attending scientific meetings, participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining professional networks, and participating in professional organizations.
• Read, understand, and comply with all workplace health and safety policies, safe work practices and company policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

• Ph.D. in a scientifically related field, or M.S. or B.S. with 8+ years increasingly responsible experience and record of exceptional achievement.
• Proficient understanding of scientific literature in the muscle field and related areas.
• Familiarity with safe and efficient laboratory practices.
• General scientific computer and software application proficiency.

$80,000 - $115,000, title and salary commensurate with experience

Health benefits, a discretionary bonus plan, stock option grants, a stock purchase plan, a 401(k) with match and paid time off as part of the compensation plan.