Research Scientist

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.
Discover Impactful Work:
A Research Scientist conducts and provides technical guidance on scientific method development and validation projects and/or other specialty technologies studies OR performs troubleshooting for own and others instruments,
methods, procedures, and in writing protocols and reports. Designs and executes method development/validation and/or extractable/leachable studies independently and interprets and reviews analytical data for self and others OR designs and executes multiple stability and inhalation procedures as well as assists others in performing routine maintenance and troubleshooting on multiple instruments (HPLC, GC, UPLC, ICP-MS, LC/MS, GC/MS etc.) and multiple detection techniques (UV, FL, CAD, ELSD, IC etc.), methods and procedures. Routinely acts as the technical project leader for multiple projects, provide updates, reviews and evaluates data, writes reports and protocols.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in lab sciences such as biology, biochemistry, immunology, chemistry, molecular biology or similar

EXPERIENCE

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years’) or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• OR Masters degree and previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable 6+ years)
• OR PhD and previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable 4+ years)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Independently performs analytical testing, method optimization, and/or other specialty technologies studies OR method transfers for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical compounds in a variety of formulations and/or delivery systems. Understands and conforms to methods, and protocols applicable to assigned tasks.
• Experience performing molecular genomics assays: nucleic acid purification, qPCR, RT-qPCR, ddPCR, RT-ddPCR, Sanger sequencing
• Designs and completes experiments independently, or as part of a group
• Prepares and reviews study protocols, project status reports, final study reports and other project-related technical documents
• Communicates data and technical issues to clients as needed
• Leads analytical (procedural and instrumental) trouble shooting sessions
• Validated problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Confirmed ability in technical writing skills
• Ability to train junior staff

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical working hours.
• Able to lift and move objects up to 25 pounds.
• Able to work in non-traditional work environments.
• Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• May have exposure to potentially hazardous elements, including infectious agents, typically found in healthcare or laboratory environments.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities