Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and a commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe.
Oxford Nanopore employs from multiple subject areas including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.
Oxford Nanopore’s sequencing platform is the only technology that offers real-time analysis, in fully scalable formats from pocket to population scale, that can analyse native DNA or RNA and sequence any length of fragment to achieve short to ultra-long read lengths. Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere!

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Sample Technology team as a Development Scientist. This role supports the development of new nanopore sequencing products, focusing on our bespoke sample-preparation kits and workflows the role involves the development and delivery of novel applications, protocols and workflows to our growing customer base. The successful applicant will create, develop and test library preparation methods compatible with our pioneering sequencing devices, such as the MinION and PromethION, facilitating optimal downstream analysis for sample-to-answer workflows.

Other responsibilities include:

• Developing, optimising and testing protocols and workflows
• Showcase the performance of the end-to-end workflows and protocols developed in-house
• Be proficient in the operation of our Nanopore sequencing devices and basic analysis
• Data analysis (from basic data manipulation to more complex bioinformatic pipelines).
• Communicate and liaise effectively with key stakeholders, including presentations
• Maintain through record and of experimental work and analysis and carry out other documentation as required

The role will offer the opportunity to develop products and protocols for our growing customer base. The role is primarily lab-based .