Job description

Position Title – Automation Scientist- Liquid Handling/NGS

Pay Rate- $100,000 to $120,000

Location: South Plainfield, NJ

Vaccine or Exemption Required

• Blue Cross
• 4.5 match 401K
• Flexible PTO (as you need)
• VCP: on top of base if the company/and employee meet expectations can earn up to 5 bonus days pay (up to 10 in a year) if they exceed it is up to 3 weeks (up to 3.8%)

How You’ll Make an Impact

This position is a bench position focused on identifying, developing, and implementing strategies to increase the scalability and efficiency of workflows performed within the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) laboratory. In addition, to developing new automation workflows you will support the operations team in their routine use and troubleshooting of existing automation. In this role you will be exposed to a wide range of cutting-edge automation technologies while working in a dynamic and cross-functional team.

What You’ll Do

• Write and validate new liquid handler methods for both RUO and CLIA services
• Generate SOPs for new methods and workflows for both RUO and CLIA services
• Run NGS applications on a range of liquid handler platforms
• Train other scientists in the use of lab automation
• Supervise associate level scientist to conduct method testing and adjustments
• Work closely with internal informatics teams to design, build, and maintain LIMS and sample tracking solutions
• Identify and implement hardware and/or software to improve the automation infrastructure
• Routine maintenance and troubleshooting of liquid handler instruments

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing and optimizing methods for liquid handling devices, including Biomek, Mosquito, Mantis, Dragonfly liquid handlers required
• Strong track record of assay development required
• Experience designing, implementing, and/or operation of integrated workcells preferred
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in a MS Office, general purpose programming languages (e.g. VB/VBA/VBS, Python, Perl, R, C++/C#) preferred
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of next-generation sequencing, including wet and dry lab preferred
• Ability to troubleshoot liquid handling devices related issues

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• South Plainfield, NJ 07080: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Wet and Dry NGS Lab: 1 year (Required)
• Liquid Handling: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: One location

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