R&D Scientist II

Medix Biochemica • Maryland Heights, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The R&D Scientist II provides technical and scientific leadership to support new product development, troubleshooting and optimization of process and analytical methods, and technical communications with customers and suppliers. Identifies and implements new methods, equipment, and technologies. Effectively performs the following duties:

Requirements

• B.A. in a related field from an accredited college or university plus at least five years’ experience or master’s degree with three years’ experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Able to use routine chemistry formulas.
• ISO Regulations, QSR (cGMP) Regulations New Employee Orientation
• Blood-borne Pathogens Regulation, HIPAA Regulations QAPs, SSOPs and SOPs
• Relevant equipment, methods and batch records

Responsibilities

• New product development with the assistance of more experienced R&D Scientists: evaluates published literature and provides technical and economic analysis of product feasibility, performs experimental work to develop, optimize, scale up, and validate new production or analytical procedures, creates documents (SOPs, protocols, reports) needed for implementation of the new processes, and assists in scale up and transfer of new processes to other departments.
• Learns and performs design control procedures and documentation.
• Troubleshooting and optimization: assists production and other departments with troubleshooting problematic production issues. Also assists with production scale up of new and old processes.
• Implements scale up of new processes and potential scale up for current processes.
• Identification and implementation of new technology. Reads scientific and trade journals, communicates with suppliers and sources of new technology, attends seminars, webinars, and other presentations to identify new methods, equipment, and technologies.
• Assists other employees as necessary. Examples include protein purification and analysis, calibration and preventive maintenance of equipment and facility, and filling of orders.
• Assures that all work is properly recorded and signed off in lab notebooks, batch records, worksheets, or other appropriate documents.
• Complies with all safety protocols
• Performs other assigned duties

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level