Posted 4566 days ago
Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking at research and development Medical Scientist for a full-time, entry level job at its Kalamazoo, Mich., location. Expertise in scientific research and development and a master’s degree are required.
Job Description
Position Summary:
The Research & Development (R&D) Medical Scientist is responsible for the design, execution, and documentation in new product development. The R&D Medical Scientist’s primary role is in the discovery of methods that bridge pre-analytic specimen quality with downstream testing on specimen amino acid sequences, protein structures, and nucleic acids as well as impact on signal transduction pathways.
Secondary duties may include the performance of internal product verification studies and assist with external product validation studies: alpha-site testing (customer testing in-house) and beta-site testing (field testing). He or she will collect accurate data and prepare written research protocols, assist with writing conclusive research and development reports based upon in-house testing and field testing results.
The R&D Medical Scientist is expected to participate in creative collaboration with existing R&D Staff, Strategic Marketing Staff, and other colleagues across the company to strengthen product pipeline and to keep current on industry trends via literature, trade show participation, and participation in customer focus groups.
The R&D medical Scientist will interface with Strategic and Tactical Marketing for project updates and project transfer.
The R&D Medical Scientist will conduct training sessions with internal team members on the use of new products. He or she will ensure adherence to regulations for new product development of Medical Devices as outlined by ISO 13485.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
• MS or PhD/MD in biological or physical sciences
• Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
• in situ hybridization (ISH)
• standard hybridization (Western, Southern, Northern Blotting)
• Protein separation, amplification & analysis techniques: Mass Spectroscopy, PCR, FACS / flow cytometry, electrophoresis
• Protein structure analysis techniques: FTIR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy
• Nanobiology familiarity
• Technical / scientific report writing
• Familiarity with PACE/PACE++, ISO 13485, and GLP/GMP preferred.
Non-Negotiable Hiring Criteria:
• MS or PhD/MD in biological or physical sciences
• Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
• in situ hybridization (ISH)
• standard hybridization (Western, Southern, Northern Blotting)
• Protein separation, amplification & analysis techniques: Mass Spectroscopy, PCR, FACS / flow cytometry, electrophoresis
• Protein structure analysis techniques: FTIR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy
Technical / scientific report writing
Company Information
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc is a world leader in serving science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With annual revenues of $10.5 billion, the company has more than 34,000 employees and serve over 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental and industrial process control settings.
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