Associate Scientist (LC/MS)

Job Description

Participates on a team of scientists in the development, validation and transfer to laboratory operations of processes to prepare, analyze, and report results of clinical assays. Candidate will be expected to work in the laboratory. 

Responsibilities:

• Plans, conducts and records results from moderately complex analysis, manufacturing, development or research experiments within a specific product or technology area. Performs laboratory experiments following established protocols and company procedures.  
• Reports status of assigned projects through the preparation of detailed reports and documentation that summarize experiment results. Interprets results of experiments and makes recommendations for improvements.  
• Works on individual assignments, as a member of a project team, or as a leader of small work groups on segments of projects. Presents experimental results to supervisor or project team members and contributes ideas to improve team processes.  
• Identifies problems and investigates alternatives. Follows recommended courses of action. Works with team members and other Business Unit personnel as appropriate to meet department and project objectives.  
• May assist in preparing articles and reports for publication or presentation at scientific meetings or to customers.  
• May attend technical conferences or seminars. Reads literature in area of specialization to enhance awareness of technological developments that may assist in the completion of an assignment or lead to new products, processes or procedures.  
• Responsibilities include supporting and complying with the company's hazardous waste management program, including following safe, hazardous waste handling practices.  
• Utilizes current field-specific core technologies and approaches to problem solving. Contributes ideas for new product development typically within existing markets. 
• Works under general supervision, receiving instructions on specific assignment objective, complex features and possible solutions. Assistance is furnished on unusual problems and work is reviewed for application of sound professional judgment.

Qualifications:

Required Work Experience:  

Requires at least 1 year of prior relevant experience often acquired in an academic or industrial environment with a Master's degree, or at least 2 - 4 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree.  

Preferred Work Experience: 

Experience in a clinical laboratory or analytical chemistry/biochemistry environment preferred.  Experience with liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, laboratory automation, or other related analytical instrumentation as well as assay development for clinical diagnostic products is strongly preferred. 

Physical and Mental Requirements:  

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
• Duties are performed while sitting at a desk, (i.e., operating a computer, using a telephone, or writing and analyzing data and/or reports) and working in a laboratory (i.e. running assays, operating equipment, making solutions). 

Skills: 

• Excellent written and oral communication, organizational and interpersonal skills are required. 
• Ability to apply mathematical concepts to problem-solving situations.  
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance and correlation techniques. 
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.   
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. 

EDUCATION 
Bachelor’s Degree (Required)
Master’s Degree

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