Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Principal Scientist is a technical expert who leads research and development activities for product improvements in NGS based diagnostic tests. He/She manages a team of direct reports to build, verify and validate robust products. He/she actively collaborates with cross functional teams and provides technical expertise to drive product performance.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Technical lead and NGS product development expert
- Drives product and process enhancements with innovative solutions; makes fundamental scientific contributions toward producing robust products
- Communicates with colleagues and R&D management to dive strategic decisions
- Technical lead for verification and validation of LDTs per CAP/CLIA, NYS standards
- Develop and implement quality control procedures for critical reagents and processes
- Perform data analysis with advanced analytical and statistical tools (JMP, Excel, R)
- Supervises the activities of direct reports or team members at the junior level and manages execution of development studies.
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- PhD in molecular biology or related field
- 8-10 years of post PhD biotech industry experience
- Prior experience in NGS required.
- Track record of developing NGS diagnostic tests or reagent kits.
- Mastery of qPCR/multiplex PCR/hybrid capture - primer design, master mix formulation, protocol optimization; fundamental expertise in nucleic acid quantitation and fragment analysis
- Hands on experience with Next Generation Sequencing on Illumina platforms
- Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills; organized and efficient
- Proven interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills; excellent time management skills
- Superb attention to detail; produces work of exceptional quality and accuracy
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment; able to manage competing priorities
- Ability to proactively identify issues and address with solutions-oriented approach
- Duties are typically performed in an office setting.
- This position requires the ability to use a computer, keyboard, communication over phone and video conferencing.
- Duties may require working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends) at times.
- Travel required for this position:
OUR OPPORTUNITY
Driven by the passion for elevating the science and utility of genetic testing, Natera is committed to helping families identify and manage genetic diseases. Natera is a rapidly-growing diagnostics company with proprietary bioinformatics and molecular technology for analyzing DNA. Our complex technology has been proven clinically and commercially in the prenatal testing space and we are actively researching its applications in the liquid biopsy space for developing products with oncology applications.
The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you'll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you'll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.
WHAT WE OFFER
Competitive Benefits. Healthy catered lunches, Premium snacks and beverages, Onsite gym with cardio and weight-training equipment, Game room with satellite TV, Onsite dry cleaning and alteration service with pick-up and delivery, Employee-organized sport leagues, Happy hours and BBQs, Generous Employee Referral program.
For more information, visit www.natera.com.
Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.