QC Associate Scientist II - Cell Culturing - Eurofins DiscoverX Products, LLC

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

Become your most extraordinary self! Our team is intensely proud to be a major provider of services and products to the drug discovery research industry. Join Eurofins Panlabs, part of the Eurofins Discovery ™ group of companies serving serving global clients in the Pharma and Biotech industries. Work alongside industry experts and collaborate with team members to directly and positively impact human health worldwide!

We have a philosophy to support work life balance, career progression opportunities and offer many benefits such as formal mentoring programs, tuition reimbursement, extensive career training programs, competitive health benefits, paid time off and 10 annual paid holidays.

The successful candidate for the Associate Scientist II position will join the Cell Services team with a multifaceted approach for providing high value services based on the DiscoverX PathHunter platform and other proprietary technologies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform QC for current and new cell products
• Perform QC for reagent formulation
• Support the cell bank stability program
• Responsible for troubleshooting assay and reagent issues
• Develop and optimize processes and/or protocols to improve assay reproducibility
• Support testing for CAPA, ECN and Technical Support
• Generate and prepare protocols and/or reports for assay improvements and other qualification processes
• Generate new or revise SOPs
• Provide support to the team and to other departments
• Ensure on-time delivery and improve TAT for cell products
• Assist Manager in facilitating daily performance management meeting
• Work with R&D to perform new cell product assays efficiently and successfully
• Participate and present in weekly group meeting
• Maintain electronic laboratory notebook and product database

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate degree, BS (preferred) or MS degree in biology / related area with at least 2 year of cell-based Quality Control in an industrial area.
• Experience in culturing mammalian cells
• Expertise in culturing and manufacturing multiple cell lines types.
• Experienced in multi-well plate assays including GPCR assay methodologies such as cAMP and Ca2+ assays.
• Authorization to work in the US for any employer, indefinitely, without sponsorship
• For all Eurofins Discovery Services Businesses in US; Successful applicants will be required to confirm positive COVID-19 vaccination status or demonstrate eligibility for medical or religious exemptions prior to commencing employment

The Ideal Candidate would possess:

• Knowledge of using Excel, PowerPoint or other programs for laboratory sample and reagent management
• Experience in cryopreservation of mammalian cells
• Detailed oriented and consistent in experimental approach
• Excellent problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Must be team-oriented and accustomed to working with other scientists
• Demonstrate