A career with EMD Electronics is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 58,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics. For more than 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others. EMD Electronics is a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.
This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
Your Role:
As a Senior Associate Scientist (SAS) within the Molecular Development Services (MDS) team in our Rockville, Maryland facility, you would work in a group-based environment to perform laboratory testing for custom and internal projects, including assay development and validation. You will be expected to make scientific observations related to test data, maintain detailed workbooks, and ensure that documentation fulfils accepted professional and industry standards. Additionally, you will maintain a thorough understanding of services, technical principles, and applications as they apply to your position. Other job responsibilities include:
Perform all routine and relevant laboratory techniques in compliance with regulatory standards
Perform a wide variety of routine or custom tasks to support GLP/GMPassay development
Perform assays required to characterize product
Perform a wide range of laboratory techniques, including conventional, real-time & digital PCR, nucleic acid extraction, capillary & gel electrophoresis, sanger-based sequencing, gene expression analysis, blotting & probing, cloning, arrays, next generation sequencing, and mirco/nano fluidics, and gain experience using standard molecular automation for nucleic acid extraction and liquid handling.
Make scientific observations, maintain detailed workbooks or documentation, and ensure all documentation fulfils accepted professional or industry standards
Train junior members of staff and drive quality improvement
Perform laboratory housekeeping, preparation of reagents, inventory management and general equipment maintenance.
Who You Are:
Minimum Qualifications:
PhD in a Biological Sciences discipline (i.e. Molecular Biology, Microbiology, etc.)
- OR -
Master's degree in a Biological Sciences discipline (i.e. Molecular Biology, Microbiology, etc.)
1+years' experience in a GLP/GMP laboratory or related environment
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Bachelor's degree in a Biological Sciences discipline (i.e. Molecular Biology, Microbiology, etc.)
5+years' experience in a GLP/GMP laboratory or related environment
Preferred Qualifications:
Good technical knowledge and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of GLP/cGMPs and relevant regulatory guidelines
Experience with bio/pharmaceutical equipment / systems
Experience conducting custom contract testing in accordance with defined proposals or statements of work
Experience with Microsoft Office and database management systems
Ability to work well under minimal supervision and in a team environment
Working knowledge of lab policies and assays to conduct a wide range of laboratory methods
Ability to organize workload efficiently to complete tasks effectively
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Job Requisition ID: 239374
Location: Rockville
Career Level: C - Professional (1-3 years)
Working time model:
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US employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to your start date unless an accommodation is granted by the Company. The Company uses the definition of "fully vaccinated" assigned by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention for purposes of considering satisfaction of this requirement which is a condition of employment.
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