Method Development and Validation Research Technician II

Scientific and Research Fellow, Analytical chemist, Molecular biology

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

The Scientist II will support the bioanalytical Method Development and Validation Team and is responsible for the overall scientific and operational management of client bioanalytical projects supporting a variety of studies simultaneously. This role requires knowledge of method validation principles and communication skills required to transfer methods to analytical team. The Scientist II role supports client projects with limited supervision and requires project leadership and direct client communication.

• Works effectively as a member of a team, under minimum direction, to achieve client and business deadlines
• Understands and follows all procedures and processes required for work performed under Regulatory Compliance (i.e. GxP, FDA/GLP and GCP, OECD, CLIA, etc.) and attends annual GLP training
• Assists the development, validation and transfer of immunoassays and bioanalytical methods with limited direct supervision (RIA, EIA, Flow Cytometry, Cell-Based Assays)
• Provides contracted method development and validation services consistently with delivery on time and high quality.
• Characterises antibodies and performs reagent qualification as applicable
• Conducts evaluation of manufactured products and develops fit-for-purpose assays
• Communicates project updates to internal and external clients with limited supervision
• Provides technical documentation in the form of validation plans, reports, deviation reports, test methods and tables with limited supervision
• Reviews validation data, validation plans and reports and provides technical leadership and constructive feedback to team members
• Has the ability to organize daily workflow of the development and validation schedule in lab and consistently meets validation timelines.
• Ability to develop a method with assistance from Scientific Director
• Provides technical leadership, mentoring and training to junior staff
• Provides troubleshooting, root cause analysis and assistance with method design
• Complies with internal and customer SOP’s as required in training program; maintains an up to date training file
• Applies use of IT systems (ERP, LIMS, etc.) as required
• With…