Contract: Development Scientist - Systems Integration / USA

The client is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Development Scientist to work on a 12-month contract with their systems integration team in Brea, California.

This role will be heavily focused on the integration, verification and validation of new and/or improved hardware and software features for clinical chemistry and immunochemistry diagnostic systems.

The Development Scientist II will perform assay testing on these systems and assess the functionality of new and/or improved features.

Responsibilities

• Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which results may be obtained.
• Works with engineering staff to identify issues and investigate to root cause.
• Participates in process improvement, design change or current product support projects.
• Writes and executes experimental protocols, analyzes data, summarizes results, reports status of experiments to supervisor and writes associated reports.
• Provides quality assurance for adherence to technical standards.
• Maintains well organized laboratory notebooks in compliance with relevant procedures and supports technologies post-launch to resolve performance and/or quality issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Biotechnology or Biomedical Engineering with 2+ years industry laboratory experience is required.
• Experience with automated General Chemistry and/or Immunochemistry diagnostic systems preferred.
• Familiarity with BCI Clinical Chemistry and/or Immunochemistry Diagnostics platforms a plus (DxC, AU, Access, DxI, IMMAGE)
• Good laboratory technique with some analytical expertise.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Ability to be flexible and work in a rapidly changing task environment and with a variety of tasks.
• Ability to troubleshoot Hardware and Software failures
• possesses mechanical/electrical aptitude.
• Attention to detail and ability to problem solve is a must.
• Ability to multi-task and good organizational skills.