Associate Scientist #26-26348

Us Tech Solutions; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

US Tech Solutions in Cambridge, MA seeks a laboratory professional to perform experiments, organize data and analyze results under minimal supervision for a 12-month contract. Requires biology/biochemistry/analytic chemistry degree with biopharma experience and skills in LC and CE.

Day-to-day duties include sample management, protocol development, data interpretation, and collaboration with analysts to ensure quality data.

Qualifications

• Degree in Biology, Biochemistry or Analytical Chemistry with biopharma experience.
• Masters degree OR Bachelor's with 2 years experience OR Associate with 4 years OR HS diploma with 6 years experience.
• Experience with sample/inventory management and LC biologics testing.
• Ability to interpret analytical data and prepare technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain sample inventories to track sample receipt, storage, status, and disposition in collaboration with the end users/analysts.
• Support late-stage protein characterization, structural elucidation, and forced degradation studies using LC and CE.
• Develop, optimize, troubleshoot, qualify, and transfer analytical methods for monitoring critical quality attributes and supporting process characterization, comparability assessments, investigations, and control‑strategy development.
• Interpret complex analytical data and author, review or verify technical documentation.

Skills

Sample management

Inventory management

Biologics testing by LC

Biologics testing by CE

Education

Masters degree

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree

High school diploma / GED

Job description

$26.35-$29.28 per hour

Cambridge, MA

Contract

Duration: 12 months contract

Description

• Bachelors' degree & 2 YOE To perform experiments, organize data and analyze results under minimal supervision. With minimal supervision, plans, conducts or monitors experiments, records and organizes data, analyzes results, generates robust and reliable data and/or Ensures that contracted studies are conducted in compliance with the respective protocol and applicable guidelines and regulations.

  Responsibilities include:

• Monitors or follows established experimental design and protocols and performs routine tasks and studies to obtain reproducible and reliable results with limited supervision

• Plans, monitors or conducts, analyzes and records experiments, and provides interpretation of data

• Effectively transfers experimental methods from literature to the lab and makes modifications as necessary

• Develops and implements new protocols with moderate review

• Engages coworkers in scientific discussions Communicates data and interpretation to work group

• Skilled at developing systems to ensure quality data

• Skilled and/or knowledgeable in the use of standard laboratory equipment and with one or more major laboratory instruments/techniques ? Effectively trouble‑shoots equipment and experimental difficulties

• Contributes to internal/external reports, papers, presentations, regulatory documents, invention disclosure submissions and/or patents

• Participates in department-wide support efforts such as safety, recruiting and committees

• May train staff and/or supervise others

• Coordinates and organizes resources needed to complete the task

• Understands when to seek input and when to make independent judgments;

  Skills:

• Degree in Biology, Biochemistry or Analytical Chemistry ; experience in a Biopharmaceutical working environment

  Basic Qualifications:

• Masters degree OR

• Bachelors degree and 2 years of experience OR

• Associates degree and 4 years of experience OR

• High school diploma / GED and 6 years of experience

  Must Have Skill Sets:

• Sample and inventory management

• Biologics testing by liquid chromatography (LC)

• Biologics testing by capillary electrophoresis (CE)

  Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain sample inventories to track sample receipt, storage, status, and disposition in collaboration with the end users/analysts.

• Support late-stage protein characterization, structural elucidation, and forced degradation studies using liquid chromatography (LC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE).

• Develop, optimize, troubleshoot, qualify, and transfer analytical methods for monitoring critical quality attributes and supporting process characterization, comparability assessments, investigations, and control‑strategy development.

• Interpret complex analytical data and author, review or verify technical documentation.

About US Tech Solutions

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com .

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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