Description Position Summary: This is a full time exempt position. Responsible for initiating, directing and executing scientific research and/or development strategies for BFDX through a research staff or individual studies. Investigates the feasibility of applying a wide variety of scientific principles and concepts to potential inventions, productions and problems. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures including but not limited to PCR, RT-PCR real-time PCR, and use of fluorescence-based nucleic acid detection techniques. May receive general instructions on routine work, detailed instructions on new assignments. Principal Job Duties and Responsibilities: Apply deep knowledge of fundamental physical principles to design, conduct, and interpret experiments with precision. Proficient in coded quantitative analysis using R, Python, and similar programming languages to extract insights from complex datasets. Skilled in understanding, structuring, and manipulating diverse data formats to streamline data collection, integration, and analysis. Perform all work in compliance with company policy and within the guidelines of BFDX’s Quality System. Plans and executes laboratory research. Work involves development of new instrumentation, software or processes, customer support and some training functions. Maintains broad knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories. Makes contributions to literature and conferences. May advise top management on corporate research and development. Participates in development of patent applications. Responsible for development of research groups. Requires interaction with various company departments. Uses professional concepts to contribute to the development of company concepts and principles and to achieve objectives in creative and effective ways. Demonstrates potential for technical proficiency, scientific creativity, collaboration with others, and independent thought. Ensures that laboratory notebooks for assigned projects/experiments are maintained in accordance with BFDX Employment Handbook. Qualifications: Ph.D. in scientific discipline. Uses an understanding of fundamental physical relationships to design and interpret experiments. Comfortable with using coded quantitative analyses in R, Python or similar language. Ability to understand and manipulate data structures to support gathering and analysis of data