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Responsibilities
This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their career. As a Staff Scientist, you will be responsible for:
- Research and product innovation activities at our site in Walpole, MA
- Leading diagnostics innovation projects with a focus on new biomarker assays in neurology, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic health
- Performing various laboratory techniques with a focus on clinical chemistry and automated immunoassays, but extending to proteomics, genomics, and metabolomics as needed
- Applying your expertise to discovery of clinically useful biomarkers, new technology assessment, evaluation of prototype assays, and collaborative research utilizing the Siemens Healthineers’ Atellica Solution and other instrument platforms
- Writing internal and external funding applications
- Planning studies and executing experiments within budgets and timelines
- Drafting technical protocols and reports, submitting invention disclosures, and providing project updates to management
- Authoring peer-reviewed journal publications and presenting research at conferences
- Maintaining internal and external scientific collaborations
This Position May Suit You Best If You Are Familiar With What Is Below, And Would Like To Do Develop Your Career With Healthineers
- Ability to understand current clinical unmet needs, define new diagnostics product opportunities, and propose innovation projects for funding approval
- Excellent time management, critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills
- Strong organizational skills along with ability to multitask and prioritize effectively
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced collaborative environment while maintaining a high-level of attention to detail
- Experience participating in and leading multi-site and cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
Required skills to have for the success of this role
- A PhD degree in biochemistry, molecular biology, analytical chemistry, or related medical discipline and postdoc experience is required
- At least 7 years of relevant industry or academic research experience is also required
- Experience in translational research related to biomarkers in neurology or cardiometabolic disease are important prerequisites
- Excellent laboratory skills including a background in biomarker discovery and immunoassay development, with a particular emphasis on assay prototyping, optimization, performance verification and validation, control system design and implementation
- Additional expertise in antibody development, conjugation chemistry, protein purification, proteomics, and mass-spectrometry are a plus
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with business partners, interactions with suppliers, and coordinating academic or clinical collaborations are also important skills
- A working knowledge of laboratory testing applied to diagnosis, selection of patients for therapy, optimizing dosage, monitoring response or safety testing is an advantage
- Hands-on experience with the ADVIA Centaur, the Atellica Solution, or other automated immunoassay platforms is also relevant
- Approximately 10% travel may be required
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