Research Associate
Bio-Techne
**By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.**
**Salary Range:** $61,600 - 92,400 base salary depending on experience and qualifications
**Position Summary:**
The Research and Development (R&D Science) group at ProteinSimple, a Bio-Techne brand, is seeking a motivated Research Associate to join our growing team on our mission to develop game-changing analytical instrumentation. As a part of the Product Development Team, you will work among innovative and supportive scientists and engineers that have a passion for product development and a knack for disrupting the way people typically characterize proteins. In this role, you will participate in all phases of product development process, from proof-of-concept to commercialization, where your efforts will be crucial to the development of cutting-edge technologies.
If you have experience with immunoassays, assay development, or capillary electrophoresis – this might be the role for you. If you want to make better analytical tools to enable our customers to make better medicines, apply today.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ Work closely with scientists and engineers from diverse backgrounds to learn and develop new analytical instruments, assays, and reagents
+ Setup, execute, and optimize experimental plans and protocols
+ Analyze, interpret, and troubleshoot results
+ Write, follow, and maintain experimental protocols for product development activities
+ Participate in technical transfer of products from Product Development to Manufacturing
+ Document and present results in technical discussions and team meetings
+ Perform stability, verification, and validation studies for commercial release of new products
+ Collaborate with hardware, system, and software engineers during each phase of the product development process
+ Assist with training of new employees as needed
**Qualifications**
**Education and Experience:**
+ **BS in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or related field**
+ **Minimum of 1-3 years relevant work experience**
+ **Experience working in a biotechnology, pharmaceutical, CRO, or CDMO company is preferred**
**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:**
+ **Hands-on experience with protein analysis or protein characterization techniques is required. Examples include immunoassays (ELISA, western blot, MSD, Luminex), chromatography (HPLC), and capillary electrophoresis (CE).**
+ **Ability to plan and execute a number of experiments in parallel**
+ **Ability to learn quickly and thoughtfully apply new skills and procedures**
+ **Ability to prioritize own work and manage time efficiently to meet project deadlines, with flexibility to changing priorities**
+ **Must have excellent organizational skills with high attention to detail**
+ **Must have strong verbal and written communication skills**
+ **Experience performing verification and validation studies is a plus**
+ **Creative and critical thinker with careful execution of experiments**
+ **Strong team player and self-starter with the ability to work independently and collaboratively**
+ **Eagerness to learn innovative analytical platforms and contribute to their advancement**
+ **Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required**
+ **Experience with statistical software (JMP, Tableau, Minitab) or Python (or other programming language) is a plus but not required.**
**Why Join Bio-Techne:**
+ **We offer competitive salaries along with extensive medical, vision, and dental plans for you and your family starting on day one!**
+ **We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k matching and an employee stock purchase plan.**
+ **We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.**
+ **We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.**
+ **We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation** **, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.**
**All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.**
**Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.**
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