Scientist II

Our client a world leader in diagnostics and life sciences is looking for Scientist II. Kindly have a look at the details below and let us know if you are interested.

Job Title: Scientist II

Job Location: Pleasanton CA (Onsite)

Duration: Long Term Contract (Possibility Of Further Extension/Conversion)

Company Benefits:

• Healthcare (Medical Dental & Vision)
  
• Paid Sick leave (per State policy)
  
• 401K 2% Company Match
  

We are looking for an experienced candidate who can understand both the technical and professional components of lab work. You will be a member of the Research and Early Development Team in Pleasanton to support clinical sample processing which include DNA extraction library preparation and Next Generation Sequencing.

Responsibilities:

• Routinely execute standard molecular biology techniques from DNA extraction to target enrichment and next generation sequencing library preparation
  
• Follow protocols precisely and with extreme care under design control regulations and GMP laboratory conditions
  
• Regularly work with human biological samples including blood plasma tissue for nucleic acid extraction
  
• Accurately and consistently record sample tracking information experimental methods materials and results in electronic laboratory notebooks and/or worksheets.
  
• Apply technical writing skills to produce reports and documents.
  

Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor s degree in Biological/Life Sciences Chemistry Biochemistry or related field.
  
• Minimum 4 years of recent handson bench work.
  
• Strong laboratory proficiency and experience with processing multiple samples with high degree of accuracy in a high throughput environment is preferred
  
• Experience with high throughput pipetting on daily basis with single and multichannel pipettes with accuracy
  
• Experience with NGS based workflows including target enrichment and library preparation is preferred
  
• Experience with sequencing on NGS platforms is preferred.
  
• Multichannel pipetting proficiency a must.
  

If interested please share your updated resume and availability at .

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Dawar Consulting Inc.