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Senior Scientist-R&D Oligo Synthesis

grifolsSan Diego, CA

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Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsMolecular and Cellular BiologistsNatural Sciences Managers

Industries

Research and Development in BiotechnologyIn-Vitro Diagnostic Substance ManufacturingResearch and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

$120,000.00 - $172,500.00 per year

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Senior Scientist-R&D Oligo Synthesis
Location: CA-San Diego, US Contract Type: Regular Full-Time Area: R & DGrifols is a global healthcare company that since 1909 has been working to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We are leaders in plasma-derived medicines and transfusion medicine and develop, produce and market innovative medicines, solutions and services in more than 110 countries and regions. Grifols Diagnostic Solutions in San Diego is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Scientist who is passionate about utilizing their expertise in oligonucleotide chemistry to provide oligonucleotide synthesis, purification, and analysis for R&D projects. The candidate will be responsible for a significant portion of a complex project or an entire less complex project or multiple less complex projects. The ideal candidate should understand the scope of the overall project in the scope of corporate strategy. They may manage 1 or more personnel and may represent R&D on a Core Team for a product development project.
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Perform automated synthesis of oligonucleotides, deprotection and purification via standard phosphonamidite chemistry and chromatographic purification techniques.
  • Conduct oligonucleotide analysis using LCMS, MALDI, UV/VIS, and HPLC/UPLC techniques.
  • Evaluate and identify impurities, degradation products, and synthesis by-products.
  • Establish analytical protocols and support implementation of these protocols.
  • Lead and execute complex experiments, including providing guidance and direction on experimental design, analysis and interpretation of data, communication of results, and design of follow-up experiments.
  • Responsible for subproject or project goals and deliverables.
  • Interact with peers and supervisors, both within the team as well as with other teams, to provide experimental summaries, design input, and ancillary team functions.
  • Maintain clearly written experimental records in both written and electronic formats.
  • Familiar with standard software tools utilized in instrument control, data analysis, and reporting results.
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Manage Execution: Conveys clear expectations for assignments, delegates enough of own work to others, monitors progress of others and redirects efforts when goals are not being met, continually looks for ways to improve processes, products, and/or services
  • Build Realistic Plans: Develops realistic plans, actions steps and timetables for projects and assignments; identifies specific action steps and accountabilities, prepares realistic estimates of budget, staff and other resources
  • Promote Teamwork: Promotes teamwork amongst groups: Discourages "we versus they" thinking, facilitates the discussion and resolution of different views; involves others in shaping plans and decisions that affect them; contributes to the efforts of the team's work
  • Share the Vision: Executes plans and develops strategies for achieving vision; Articulates the strategies to team(s) and others, manages people in a constructive manner to achieve strategic goals
Make Sound Decisions: Makes timely decisions based on accurate logic; looks beyond symptoms to identify causes of problems and drives team to routinely perform root cause analyses; makes decisions in the face of uncertainty; takes all important issues into account when making decisions, including impact on people
Education: B.A. / B.S. Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related fieldM.S. Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field Ph. D. Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field
Experience: 7-9 years post-baccalaureate laboratory experience. Industrial experience preferred.6-8 years laboratory experience post-M.S. without thesis. Industrial experience preferred.5-7 years laboratory experience post M.S. with thesis. Industrial experience preferred. Ph.D. with no post-doctoral research experience or 4-6 years industrial experience. Ph.D. with post-doctoral research experience and 3-5 years industrial experience. The estimated pay scale for the Sr. Scientist role based in California, is $120,000.00 - $172,500.00 per year. Additionally, the position is eligible to participate in up to 15% of the company bonus pool. We offer a wide variety of benefits including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, life insurance, PTO, paid holidays and up to 5% 401(K) match and tuition reimbursement. Grifols is a global healthcare organization with employees in 30 countries focused on patient health and providing impactful results. Since our humble beginnings in 1909, Grifols has been a family company that prides itself on its family-like culture. Our company has more than tripled over the last 10 years, and you can grow with us!

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$120,000.00 - $172,500.00 per year

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Lead

Location

San Diego, CA

Occupation

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Industry

Research and Development in Biotechnology

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