Scientist 2, Oncology WGS Assay Dev Dept
About The Position
What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity? At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients. Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.
Requirements
- Able to readily apply experiential knowledge to develop new or adapt existing technology and processes; mastering some relevant area
- Highly proficient, productive, and effective in the lab
- Ability to design complex experiments containing appropriate controls to anticipate potential problems; able to troubleshoot issues
- Able to draw sound conclusions from complex experiment data sets
- Strong knowledge of a breadth of standard methods used in the department
- Strong ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines with team members and internal customers
- Communicate effectively in various environments with different stakeholders; tailoring communications and presentations as necessary
Responsibilities
- Designs and performs experiments of varying complexity and across a broad array of techniques, foresees issues and works to overcome obstacles to completing tasks or assignments, conceives of new ways to analyze the data and present it
- Makes detailed technical observations and documents them in laboratory notebooks and confluence pages, etc.
- Plans, conducts, summarizes, reports consistent conclusions, and generates recommendations for follow up experiments and may suggest alternate strategies
- Takes responsibility for training others, raising the consistency and quality of data collection of the team, establishes criteria and / or work procedures to achieve a high level of quality and productivity
Benefits
- access to genomics sequencing
- family planning
- health/dental/vision
- retirement benefits
- paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
