Development Scientist I/II, Nucleic Acid Purification
About The Position
New England Biolabs is hiring a Development Scientist I/II to join its Nucleic Acid Purification Team within the Applications and Product Development Department. The role contributes to developing novel nucleic acid purification products, reagents, and workflow solutions, particularly high-throughput and automation-compatible approaches. The scientist will support strategic product development programs for workflows relevant to clinical diagnostics, biopharma, synthetic biology, and other life science applications. The title level will be determined based on candidate experience. The position calls for a collaborative, curious, and creative scientist who can develop protocols and workflows, learn from colleagues across disciplines, work independently, troubleshoot thoughtfully, and seek input when needed. The successful candidate will develop and characterize products and workflows, design and analyze experiments, apply automation and scaled extraction experience, collaborate across scientific and commercial teams, follow advances in relevant fields, and communicate findings to internal and external audiences.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemical Biology, Bioengineering, or a related field, with 2–4 years of relevant experience.
- Strong understanding of the role nucleic acid purification plays in life science workflows across genomics, transcriptomics, cloning, synthetic biology, and biomanufacturing.
- Strong experimental design, quantitative reasoning, troubleshooting, data analysis, and documentation skills.
- Familiarity with analytical techniques used for nucleic acid characterization, such as absorbance, fluorescence-based assays, electrophoresis, fragment analysis, qPCR, sequencing-readiness assessments, or related methods.
- Ability to work as part of a team, learn from colleagues, seek help appropriately, accept feedback, and contribute constructively to cross-functional project discussions.
- Ability to work independently when needed, manage multiple priorities, recognize when to escalate issues, and move work forward with limited guidance.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, sound judgment, scientific integrity, and a customer-focused mindset.
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing or supporting nucleic acid purification workflows in clinical diagnostics, regulated product development, or biopharma environments.
- Experience automating nucleic acid purification workflows on commonly used liquid handling or magnetic-particle processing platforms.
- Experience scaling nucleic acid extraction workflows for high-throughput formats, including optimization of reagent volumes and sample-to-sample reproducibility.
- Familiarity with the technical and documentation expectations associated with regulated or quality-sensitive environments.
- Experience translating customer, collaborator, or technical support feedback into product requirements, workflow improvements, or application data.
- Submission of a cover letter is highly encouraged.
Responsibilities
- Develop and characterize nucleic acid purification products, reagents, and application-focused workflows for basic research and applied markets.
- Design, execute, analyze, and troubleshoot experiments that contribute to new product development, optimization, and launch.
- Apply experience with automated liquid handling, magnetic bead-based workflows, and scaled nucleic acid extraction to support high-throughput development programs.
- Design experiments to examine workflow performance across sample types, input amounts, formats, and automation platforms, and translate results into robust product and workflow development.
- Collaborate across scientific and commercial teams to ensure products and workflows address customer needs and business priorities.
- Stay current with advances in nucleic acid purification, automation, synthetic biology, and applied fields, and translate relevant innovations into experimental strategies.
- Prepare clear presentations and content for internal and external audiences.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary profit-sharing bonus.
- Participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), eligible after two full years of service.
- Exceptional benefits package at a nominal cost to the employee, including a 10% 401(k) match.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
