Research Scientist – High-Throughput Screening & Automation

Promega; Madison (WI); Presencial; USD 78.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Promega Corporation is hiring for a lab operations role in Madison to execute compound screening and profiling for client projects. You will design, validate, and screen compounds with automated cellular assays, while collaborating with program management to meet project timelines and transfer new assays into our screening portfolio.

The position emphasizes robust compound management, scalability during transfers from R&D, and ongoing process improvements to enhance lab capabilities and data

Formación

• B.S. degree in a scientific discipline with 3-9 years post-graduate lab experience.
• Demonstrated competence in the design and execution of complex experimental strategies.

Responsabilidades

• Execute, analyze, and deliver compound screening and profiling projects for clients.
• Develop and execute robust compound management capabilities ensuring compound availability, integrity, and traceability.
• Design and implement laboratory automation methods.
• Ensure smooth transition and scalability during assay and technology transfer from R&D into TRS Screening Services.
• Drive process improvement initiatives that grow the capabilities, capacity, and robustness of the lab to better support customers and grow the business.
• Deliver high-quality, accurate data via rigorous and reproducible automation workflows.
• Provide clear, insightful data reports; engage effectively with clients to interpret results and offer expert advice and recommendations.
• Foster strong relationships with clients and internal teams to ensure project objectives are met in a timely and efficient manner.
• Stay current on relevant industry technologies, methodologies, and trends; implement new techniques or lab automation as necessary.
• Demonstrate inclusion through words and actions; maintain a safe workspace. Act with kindness, curiosity, and respect for others.
• Embrace and incorporate Promega's 6 Emotional & Social Intelligence (ESI) core principles in daily work.
• Understand and comply with ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements applicable to the business.
• Demonstrate daily proficiency with AI tools for literature research, documentation, protocol development, and data support. Verify AI outputs critically and distinguish AI-generated synthesis from validated scientific conclusions.
• Contribute to the TRS knowledge layer by documenting experimental rationale, troubleshooting frameworks, and assay-specific SOPs in accessible, persistent formats.
• Help teammates develop AI literacy; model the use of AI as a scientific amplifier rather than a shortcut.

Conocimientos

Cell biology

Laboratory automation

Method development

Data analysis

Scientific writing

Client-partnered environment

Educación

B.S. degree in a scientific discipline

Herramientas

JMP

GraphPad Prism

Python

R

Descripción del empleo

Promega Corporation is hiring for a lab operations role in Madison to execute compound screening and profiling for client projects. You will design, validate, and screen compounds with automated cellular assays, while collaborating with program management to meet project timelines and transfer new assays into our screening portfolio.

The position emphasizes robust compound management, scalability during transfers from R&D, and ongoing process improvements to enhance lab capabilities and data