Staff Scientist, Molecular Biology

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks a Staff Scientist, Verification & Validation to lead system-level V&V strategies across instruments, workflows, and software.

You will mentor scientists, develop reusable capabilities, and drive efficiency in V&V across the GSD portfolio, aligning with product readiness and regulatory needs. The role blends science and engineering, emphasizing experimental design, data analysis, and automation, with opportunities to apply AI-assisted

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related science or engineering field with at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with at least 6 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level V&V strategies across programs and platforms.
• Translate customer needs and risks into measurable acceptance criteria and test approaches.
• Design and guide studies evaluating system performance, reliability, and end-to-end workflow performance.
• Provide independent, evidence-based assessments of product readiness and residual risk.
• Evaluate interactions across instruments, software, consumables, reagents, assays, and data workflows under representative conditions.
• Develop use cases and challenge conditions to assess system performance and robustness.
• Characterize sources of variability and determine their impact on overall performance.
• Collaborate with Systems and R&D teams to identify requirements gaps, risks, and testability limitations.
• Lead investigations of complex system-level issues and apply DOE and statistical methods to identify failure mechanisms.
• Create reusable V&V methods, datasets, and best practices applicable across programs.

Education

Bachelor's degree in related science or engineering (minimum 8 years experience)

Advanced degree with at least 6 years experience in related fields

Tools

Design of Experiments

Statistical analysis

Automation scripting

Job description

Job Description

How Will You Make an Impact? The Staff Scientist, Verification & Validation will serve as a senior technical leader within Singapore's Genetic Sciences Division (GSD) V&V organization , providing deep V&V leadership across programs and helping strengthen Singapore as a Center of Excellence supporting the broader GSD portfolio. The role will develop and lead system-level V&V strategies across instruments, consumables, reagents, assays, software, and integrated workflows. The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of science and engineering, using strong experimental design, systems thinking, and technical judgment to identify risks, investigate complex interactions, and generate evidence that supports product readiness. This role will also help rethink how V&V is performed through scripting, automation, advanced analytics, and appropriate AI-assisted methods. The Staff Scientist will develop reusable technical capabilities, mentor other scientists and engineers, and help raise the technical standard and efficiency of V&V across the organization.

What will you do?

Lead System-Level V&V Strategy

• Develop and provide technical leadership for system- and workflow-level V&V strategies across GSD programs and platforms.
• Translate customer needs, intended use, requirements, and risks into measurable acceptance criteria and robust, risk-based test approaches.
• Design and guide studies that evaluate system performance, reliability, robustness, and end-to-end workflow performance.
• Provide independent, evidence-based technical assessments of product readiness and residual risk.

Validate Integrated Life-Science Systems

• Evaluate interactions across instruments, software, consumables, reagents, assays, and data workflows under representative customer-use conditions.
• Develop representative use cases, sample sets, and challenge conditions to assess system performance and workflow robustness.
• Characterize biological and technical sources of variability and determine their impact on overall system performance.
• Partner with Systems and R&D teams early in development to identify requirements gaps, integration risks, and testability limitations.

Lead Technical Problem-Solving and Product Quality

• Lead investigation of complex system-level issues involving interactions across scientific and engineering disciplines.
• Apply structured root-cause analysis, statistical methods, design of experiments, and targeted testing to identify underlying failure mechanisms.
• Convert program learning into reusable test methods, technical knowledge, and recommendations that strengthen future product development.
• Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure V&V evidence is scientifically sound, traceable, and suitable for design and regulatory review.

Modernize V&V Through Automation, Data and AI

• Develop and adopt reusable, scalable approaches for test execution, data capture, analysis, and reporting.
• Apply scripting, automation, advanced analytics, and AI-assisted methods to improve test planning, traceability, coverage assessment, anomaly detection, and technical documentation.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and V&V cycle time while maintaining scientific rigor, quality, and compliance.
• Ensure appropriate human oversight, data governance, traceability, and validation rigor when applying AI and advanced analytics.

Build Technical Capability

• Serve as a senior technical mentor to scientists and engineers in system V&V, experimental design, data analysis, and technical problem-solving.
• Develop reusable V&V methods, datasets, analysis approaches, and best practices that can be applied across programs and platforms.
• Help broaden technical capability across qPCR, Microarray, CE/HID, and other GSD technologies as portfolio needs evolve.
• Collaborate across the global GSD organization and contribute to Singapore's growth as a source of product insight, technical leadership, and innovation.

How will you get here?

I. Education

• Bachelor's degree in a related science or engineering field with at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with at least 6 years of relevant experience. Relevant disciplines may include molecular biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, analytical sciences, physical sciences, or related science or engineering fields.

II. Experience

• Demonstrated experience developing and leading system-level V&V strategies for complex, multidisciplinary life-science products.
• Experience validating integrated systems involving instruments, consumables, reagents, assays, software, and data workflows.
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing complex V&V, analytical-performance, or system-characterization studies .
• Experience supporting products through requirements, development, verification, product launch, and lifecycle improvement.
• Experience working in a global, cross-functional p