Scientist I, Formulations
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards Cleanroom: no hair products jewelry makeup nail polish perfume exposed piercings facial hair etc... allowed Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery) OfficeJob Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Location/Division Specific Information
This position is based in Austin TX and will support to the Genetic Sciences team.
Discover Impactful Work:
In this role youll make meaningful contributions to products that help make the world healthier cleaner and this role youll perform formulation and manufacturing activities in a GMP/ISO-regulated environment working with state-of-the-art equipment and technologies.
A Day in the Life:
Formulate buffers and other reagents for biotech applications at 100 µL to 2000 L scale in a clean manufacturing environment
Ability to lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds with or without accommodation wearing appropriate PPE including face mask lab coat and gloves.
Isolate and dilute nucleic acids in a manufacturing environment including RNA and DNA using pipetting and spectrophotometric techniques.
Perform quality control testing on buffers and nucleic acids including pH conductivity agarose gels and nucleic acid purification using magnetic beads and quantification by qPCR.
Troubleshoot manufacturing and quality control activities and record results in technical reports.
Revise and edit existing manufacturing protocols; participate in the development of manufacturing protocols for new products.
Manage manufacturing metrics aimed at process control and productivity savings.
Prioritize and schedule work to ensure on-time delivery.
Accurately and optimally manage inventory.
Work collaboratively with peers from your own and other groups.
Train co-workers in the proper use of instrumentation manufacturing processes and manufacturing software.
Adhere to ISO guidelines USDA regulations and Thermo Fisher Scientific quality policy.
Other duties as assigned.
Keys to Success
Education
Bachelors degree (B.S.) in Biochemistry or related field.
Experience
0-2 of related post-undergraduate experience preferred.
Knowledge Skills Abilities
Demonstrated ability in operating troubleshooting and maintaining complex laboratory equipment
Detailed understanding of chemical interaction necessary for PCR systems including interactions of nucleotides enzymes oligos and buffers (pH ionic concentration).
Familiarity with troubleshooting techniques including experimental design and statistical quality control.
Benefits:
We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus scheme healthcare company pension/retirement and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forward-thinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Immunoassays
- Machine Learning
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis Skills
About Company
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