Scientist Assay Design– Scientific Product Support, R&D Allergy Uppsala, Sweden

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Scientific Product Support group at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Uppsala, is an interdisciplinary team of 16 driven and engaged colleagues that belongs to the R&D Allergy department. The group has design and development responsibility for most the company’s allergy diagnostic products. We are now looking to expand and further strengthen our group with a new colleague.
When you’re part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do challenging work, and join a team that values performance, quality and innovation.
This position is withing the ImmunoDiagnostic Division in Uppsala, Sweden. Our division has around 1600 employees worldwide and is market leader withing diagnostic tests for allergy and autoimmune diseases. We have our headquarter in Uppsala where we also have our research and development as well as manufacturing for all our allergy diagnostics products.

EDUCATION:

• Applicants should have a Master of Science degree, or equivalent work experience, in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Immunology or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE:

• A minimum of 3+ years preferred of laboratory experience.
• Product and assay development within the immunodiagnostics area
• Experience with production processes within the IVD area is a merit
• Experience with regulatory and quality related activities, ISO and IVD regulations, is a merit
• Previous knowledge within the field of allergy is a merit

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Self-motivated, independent and strong critical thinking.
• Strong lab skills.
• Individual must work well in a team environment and be adaptable to changes in priorities.
• Strong collaboration skills and cross functional work experience
• Must be organized and detail oriented to be able to prioritize own and other’s work and meet business productivity metrics.
• Good word processing and spreadsheet software skills with excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills in both Swedish and English

• Subject matter expert for technical design of our ImmunoCAP products.
• Support the department in questions related to assay design and immunoassay.
• Plan, perform and evaluate experimental work.
• Support and collaborate with our:
• Operations department in quality and design questions.
• Systems department in assay and instrument related questions.
• Regulatory department with registration activities