Senior Research Associate
Senior Research Associate
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
Join our dynamic team as a Senior Research Associate where youll be part of an intellectually stimulating and fast paced assay development team! In this predominantly laboratorybased role youll engage deeply in the process of discovery as you make meticulous observations analyze data and unveil groundbreaking insights. Innovate by leading the investigation creation and development of novel methods and technologies to advance projects. Stay at the forefront of scientific evolution by immersing yourself in the latest literature and maintaining a high level of professional expertise.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design plan and perform experiments geared towards the development of noninvasive prenatal tests.
- Autonomously and accurately plan and execute complex laboratory experiments Analyze data using advanced analytical tools
- Keep a detailed laboratory notebook; write protocols and experimental plans and document results and scientific interpretations
- Contribute insight toward experimental findings and troubleshoot laboratory processes and protocols
- Communicate and discuss results with a multidisciplinary team including biologists bioinformaticians statisticians software engineers and managers
- Summarize and present work in research reports and laboratory meeting presentations
- Learn and understand the science behind ongoing research projects while simultaneously completing increasingly complex tasks.
- This role will have occasional access to PHI both in paper and electronic form and have occasional access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job.
- The employee must complete training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire.
- Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- B.S. degree in molecular biology related field or equivalent.
- Minimum of 3 4 years of industry experience in an assay development department.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Extensive handson experience with nucleic acid techniques (DNA manipulation PCR qPCR DNA quantitation and analysis by LabChip and BioAnalyzer).
- Experience with Next Generation Sequencing techniques and protocols.
- Experience with using automated liquid handling equipments
- Experience in basic statistical analysis; working knowledge of JMP is a plus; database experience and programming is a plus.
- Experience optimizing new methodologies and novel nucleic acid techniques and tests
Austin TX
$79400 $99200 USD
OUR OPPORTUNITY
Natera is a global leader in cellfree DNA (cfDNA) testing dedicated to oncology womens health and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer healthier lives.
The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians geneticists doctors laboratory scientists business professionals software engineers and many other professionals from worldclass institutions who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera youll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry youll be stretched and challenged and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.
WHAT WE OFFER
Competitive Benefits Employee benefits include comprehensive medical dental vision life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave 401k benefits commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!
For more information visit .
Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment and welcome people of different backgrounds experiences abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees our community and our patients and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will be considered without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics age veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with applicable laws.
If you are based in California we encourage you to read this important information for California residents.
Link: be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @ domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. Natera takes cyber crimes seriously and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes.
For more information:
BBB announcement on job scams
FBI Cyber Crime resource page
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
