Scientist I

Eurofins•San Diego, CA

9d•$30 - $35

About The Position

Eurofins is hiring a Scientist I to support cell-based screening operations on its Drug Discovery team. The position uses automation platforms, liquid-handling systems, plate readers, and analytical tools to support large-scale screening campaigns. The Scientist I serves as the lead contact for assigned assay sets, schedules and executes assays with minimal supervision, coordinates multiple projects, and helps improve screening workflows and turnaround time. The role also involves maintaining cell lines and screening materials, supporting compound management, coordinating cross-site activities, training employees, maintaining SOPs and quality control, managing and analyzing screening data, preparing customer reports, and keeping accurate assay records.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in biological sciences.
2–5 years of relevant experience.
Experience in an operations-type screening laboratory maintaining mammalian cell lines.
Experience performing and analyzing quantitative cell-based and/or biochemical assays.
Experience with data management, including databases.
Assay troubleshooting experience.
Skill in mammalian cell culture and biochemical and/or cell-based assay design, execution, and analysis.
Skill with data management and analysis software such as Excel, GraphPad Prism, or similar.
Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
Excellent scheduling skills.
Ability to work in the U.S. indefinitely without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Run cell-based assays in an operations setting using plate readers such as EnVision or FLIPR, liquid handling, and other laboratory automation.
Serve as the primary point of contact and lead for assigned assay sets; develop weekly assay schedules and independently execute assays with minimal supervision.
Coordinate multiple projects, including a bi-weekly large-scale safety pharmacology panel, routinely scheduled screens, HTS campaigns, and ad-hoc requests.
Maintain more than 25 cell lines and provide screening plates or assay-ready cells according to business needs.
Maintain bulk-vial inventory to sustain business continuity.
Support compound management using acoustic dispensing instruments such as Echo or ATS.
Optimize screening assays to improve turnaround time.
Coordinate screening facility efforts across sites.
Set up training for new employees and establish and curate SOPs and routine QC.
Manage data and optimize workflows, remedy error-prone steps, and work with data management in CBIS.
Independently analyze screening results and perform initial data QC using Spotfire or other data visualization tools.
Perform large-scale data analysis and generate customer reports.
Maintain accurate and organized records for all assay-related work.