Scientist, Nucleic Acid Applications/Technologies

At Management Recruiters International—The Merwin Group, we specialize in the placement of outstanding talent in scientific industries. Position Objective:  This new, high visibility position for our expanding global client is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in new product development programs, gain exposure to marketing, sales and business development processes, and apply previous experience with cross-functional teams and with customers.  Reports direct to the Vice President of Research & Development. This Scientist is responsible for supporting new product, application development and customer support programs in nucleic acid purification and quantification for products and applications requiring or benefiting from protocol optimization on automation platforms. Essential Functions:   This position will lead, initiate, direct, execute and drive scientific research and/or strategies through the research/product development process, in individual studies, and in close cooperation with the commercial sales force and external customers. Responsibilities include independently designing and executing development and optimization experiments involving different purification chemistries from diverse sample types, analyte classes, and purification formats on a broad range of automation instruments. Critically analyze and interpret complex data, draw conclusions and apply experimental results to meet project objectives. Required Skills and Experience:    Advanced degree in life science or engineering with at least 4 years research and development and/or field/customer experience developing and optimizing protocols and supporting automation solutions. Extensive experience with liquid handling automation platforms and nucleic acid purification technologies/chemistries as a field or technical specialist. Hands on knowledge and experience with protocol development and instrument programming/optimization is required. Field application and extensive customer interaction experience is required. Demonstrated ability and desire to apply creativity and technical acumen to develop new and better automation solutions is required.  Preference will be given to candidates who have broad knowledge and experience in developing automation nucleic acid purification chemistries on Tecan, Beckman, Perkin Elmer and Qiagen platforms.  Familiarity with other automation platforms and customer workflow/applications involving nucleic acid purification is desired. MRINetwork is the largest and most successful search organization in the world. Each MRINetwork office is a single point of contact to over 1,100 offices in more than 37 countries, our candidates have access to the right jobs virtually anywhere in the world. LOCATION: San Diego, CA JOB CATEGORY: Medical/Health TYPE: Full Time, Employee JOB REFCODE: 2317 COMPANY: The Merwin Group CONTACT NAME: Jack A. Dorazio PHONE: (215) 283-1800 x 103 EMAIL: Apply by Email