Scientist I, Sustaining
About The Position
At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way - it's about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions. Our Values: We Seek A Better Way : We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care We Make It Happen : We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work We Are Stronger Together : We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins We Care Deeply : We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other The Position: We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join the Sustaining Team as a Scientist I. The individual in this position will play an integral role in designing experiments and analyzing data to support process improvements and troubleshooting activities in our production laboratory. This position requires, in collaboration with the CLIA operations, bioinformatics, R&D, and quality teams, planning and execution of technical studies aimed at improving genomics assay workflows, proactively identifying trends, and reducing supply chain related risks. We would like you to share our commitment to teamwork and collaboration and be excited by the challenges of applying your scientific expertise to develop genomic tests that improve patient diagnosis and treatment.
Requirements
- PhD in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, or a related field with 0+ years of relevant industry experience, or a MS with 2+ years of experience, or a BS with 5+ years of experience.
- Experience with various molecular platforms (g. next-generation sequencing, microarrays and/or PCR), in the context of genomic assay development in a high complexity CLIA lab.
- Keen insight into experimental design, aimed at elucidating the biological factors that influence genomic results.
- Hands-on knowledge of the biochemistry underlying multi-component molecular biology methods at the sample preparation, assay, and detection level.
- Goal-oriented and timeline-driven to support company
- Demonstrated an ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment and acknowledge that product timeliness is essential to commercial success.
- Must be highly motivated team player and work well with others.
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent documentation skills including writing of technical documents.
- Prior experience in interpreting genomic data and data analysis skill required.
- Detail oriented and able to problem solve and offer potential solutions.
- Relevant industry experience working in a high complexity CLIA laboratory developing or supporting laboratory developed tests.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with liquid handling platforms preferred.
Responsibilities
- Plan and conduct laboratory experiments aimed at understanding failure modes (guard banding) and improving the performance of high complexity molecular diagnostic tests based on genomics - inclusive of study design, feasibility testing, optimization, data analysis, and presentation of results.
- Help to develop and author SOPs, experimental protocols, and technical reports related to experimental studies that become part of the Design History File and regulatory filings.
- Interact seamlessly with multi-disciplinary teams such as the bioinformatics, CLIA operations, R&D, and quality to implement process improvements and to identify root cause of in-service problems.
- Troubleshoot and solve technical challenges that arise during the development process and routine operations.
- Collaborate with data science and bioinformatics to implement data visualization using Tableau or other tools to proactively identify trends in the production laboratory.
- Develop new controls and enhanced procedures for reagent and instrument qualifications.
- May participate in company audits as it relates to development of LDT testing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
