Immunoassay Development Associate - Lab Bench Role

siphox Health; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dependent Care Flexible SavingsAccount

Gym Membership (Lifetime Fitness)

Job summary

SiPhox Health in Burlington, MA is seeking two hands-on researchers to support the Assay Development team in building immunoassays that run on silicon photonic chips. This bench role will be leveled as Research Associate or Associate Scientist based on experience.

Candidates should have a BS or MS in a relevant field and 2+ years of hands-on immunoassay development, with strong troubleshooting, statistics, and data literacy. The role involves lab work with human samples and careful documentation.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, bioengineering, biology, or related field.
• 2+ years of hands-on immunoassay development (ELISA, bead-based, lateral flow, or automated platforms).
• Solid troubleshooting instincts: forming a hypothesis, isolating a variable, testing it.
• Working knowledge of statistics for assessing assay performance.
• Clear technical writing. A large part of this job is making your work legible to other people.
• Data literacy. Comfortable analyzing data in Excel, JMP, Python, or R.
• AI forward; understand how to use AI tools effectively in your workflow as well as their limitations.

Responsibilities

• Support the Assay Development team in developing and optimizing immunoassays, from early reagent selection through formulation.
• Support incoming quality control of critical assay reagents, including analytical characterization and functional qualification against established references.
• Work with human clinical samples and troubleshoot assay performance issues in complex matrices.
• Support analytical performance studies to characterize and verify assay performance.
• Analyze experimental data, investigate failed or out-of-spec results, and explain what the data means, not just what it says.
• Support day-to-day lab operations, including inventory, equipment maintenance, and lab organization and safety.
• Support transfer of robust, scalable assays to process development and manufacturing.
• Document experiments, write reports, and maintain audit-ready records.

Skills

Troubleshooting mindset

Statistics knowledge

Technical writing

Data literacy

AI awareness

Becoming proficient with Excel/JMP/Py

Education

BS or MS in biochemistry/chemistry/engineering/biomedical

Tools

Excel

JMP

Python

R

Job description

SiPhox Health in Burlington, MA is seeking two hands-on researchers to support the Assay Development team in building immunoassays that run on silicon photonic chips. This bench role will be leveled as Research Associate or Associate Scientist based on experience.

Candidates should have a BS or MS in a relevant field and 2+ years of hands-on immunoassay development, with strong troubleshooting, statistics, and data literacy. The role involves lab work with human samples and careful documentation.