Associate Scientist - Separation & Automation

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
Thermo Fisher’s clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our customers to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner.
Within our Analytical Services team, we have a functional service provider solution, which is a unique partnership that allows our customers to leverage the experience of our staff, while allowing you, the employee, to gain direct experience working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company, all while maintaining full-time benefits.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in lab sciences such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Material Science, Immunology, Biology, Molecular Biology or similar
• Assoc Scientist: Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0-2 years’)
  In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Demonstrated knowledge of multiple applicable techniques such as: Hamilton Robotics or any Automation Platform.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Word
• Proven ability to interpret data by performing trend analysis
• Proven ability in technical writing skills
• Proven problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Time management and project management skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative work environment with a team
• Ability to independently optimize analytical methods

• Sample preparation involving excellent pipetting skills
• HPLC experience is a MUST HAVE
• Operate liquid handling systems (Protein Maker, Hamilton) to perform high-throughput sample preparation and purification.
• Perform protein analytical assays, including Affinity Chromatography, SEC, CEX, CE-SDS, icIEF and LC/MS to support rapid process development.
• Perform basic data acquisition with clear and concise documentation in electronic lab notebooks.
• Coordinate sample submission and data management for incoming samples from BioProcess Development colleagues to support rapid process development.
• Provide basic laboratory management operations such coordinating shipping, ordering consumables, and coordinating instrument maintenance.
• Performance of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) to monitor impurities and to assess antigen binding a plus.