Scientist R&D – Reagent QC
| Company | Natera |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA, San Carlos, CA, USA |
| Salary | $108800 – $135950 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in molecular biology, biochemistry, or closely related field with 3+ years experience in assay development for the life science industry
- Master’s degree in molecular biology, biochemistry, or closely related field with 2+ years experience in assay development for the life science industry
- Doctorate in molecular biology, biochemistry, or closely related field with 0-2 years experience in assay development for the life science industry
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and validate quality control assays that will be used to test both incoming and manufactured reagents.
- Design, execute, and lead reagent characterization, stability, and tolerance studies.
- Collaborate with automation engineers to improve reliability, increase throughput, and decrease costs of reagent quality control assays.
- Work with Clinical Laboratory and Quality Assurance to ensure that developed methods meet Natera’s rigorous quality standards.
- Document results, author SOPs, and provide training to Operations team members.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Employee must complete training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire.
- Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive hands-on experience in NGS assay development, troubleshooting, and root cause investigation. Experience performing stability studies and guard band studies is a plus.
- Strong understanding of the chemistry underlying nucleic acid extraction, PCR, library preparation, and next-generation sequencing.
- Must have experience with various molecular biology techniques including but not limited to: next generation sequencing, PCR/qPCR, and nucleic acid extraction and quantification.
- Must have experience performing data analysis in Excel or similar software.
- Must be able to plan studies, manually execute experiments in the lab, analyze data, and determine next steps.
- Must have good communication, scientific presentation, and time management skills.
- Experience developing reagent manufacturing processes is a plus.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with other groups (CLIA, QA, Automation) is a plus.
- Coding proficiency (Python or R) and liquid handler programming experience are a plus.