Entry-Level Biophysics & Nanotech Research Associate

Digital Biotechnologies Inc; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Biotechnologies is seeking a Research Associate I to join our team in Seattle. You will work alongside scientists and engineers to develop, test, and optimize the technologies that power our sequencing platform.

You will design experiments, generate high-quality data, build new assays, and solve complex technical challenges, directly influencing a potentially transformative molecular diagnostics technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, nanotechnology, materials science, electrical engineering, bioengineering, or a related discipline.
• At least one year of hands-on laboratory experience in an academic, industrial, or research environment.
• Strong experimental skills, excellent attention to detail, and rigorous scientific record-keeping.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze experimental results, identify sources of variability, and troubleshoot technical challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical measurements in ionic solutions to characterize solid-state materials, nanomaterials, and biomolecular interactions.
• Synthesize, functionalize, and characterize inorganic and organic nanomaterials using appropriate analytical methods.
• Design, execute, and troubleshoot laboratory experiments to support the development of Digital's sequencing platform.
• Prepare experimental samples according to study plans, established protocols, and experimental requirements.
• Generate accurate, reproducible, and well-documented experimental data and maintain detailed electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs).
• Analyze, interpret, and summarize experimental results and, with guidance from senior scientists, draw scientifically sound conclusions.
• Identify trends, unexpected results, and technical challenges and propose potential solutions, follow-up experiments, or process improvements.
• Contribute to the development and optimization of laboratory methods, experimental workflows, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Collaborate closely with molecular biologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, and computational scientists to advance integrated sequencing technologies.
• Maintain laboratory equipment, supplies, and a safe, organized laboratory environment.

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, nanotechnology, materials science, electrical engineering, bioengineering, or a related scientific or engineering discipline.

Job description

Digital Biotechnologies is seeking a Research Associate I to join our team in Seattle. You will work alongside scientists and engineers to develop, test, and optimize the technologies that power our sequencing platform.

You will design experiments, generate high-quality data, build new assays, and solve complex technical challenges, directly influencing a potentially transformative molecular diagnostics technology.