Research Associate III, R&D Oligonucleotide Synthesis

Grifols

Research Associate III in biotech company developing innovative medicines. Involved in experimental design, data analysis, and collaboration with engineering teams.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeSan Diego • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $79,175 - $98,969 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Designs and performs moderately complex experiments with minimal input from supervisor to support the project.
Independently analyzes data and summarizes experiments supporting a portion of the project.
Where necessary, provides clear feedback to groups such as Software and Engineering on the outcome of the experiment.
Understands experimental goal within the context of the overall project.
Contributes to one or more of the following: the design of oligo systems, sample processing or assay formulation experiments.
Executes experiments in one or more of the following areas: Support of the ADM, sequence file results processing or other software modules required to run the assay on the instrument.
Designs and executes studies to support the optimum assay performance based on formulation.
Generates documentation from these experiments to support regulatory submissions and or Marketing and Sales documents Product Development.

Requirements

What you’ll need

B.A. /B.S. Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field.
3-5 years post-baccalaureate laboratory experience. Industrial experience preferred.
2-4 years post-M.S. without thesis experience. Industrial experience preferred.
2 years laboratory experience post-M.S. with thesis. Industrial experience preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
PTO
Paid holidays
Up to 5% 401(K) match
Tuition reimbursement

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysisexperiment designsample processingassay formulationregulatory submissionsdocumentation generationlaboratory techniquesoligo systems designsoftware module supportassay performance optimization

Soft Skills

independent workclear communicationfeedback provisioncollaborationproblem-solving

Certifications

B.A. Molecular BiologyB.S. ChemistryB.S. Biochemistry