Scientist

• Identify potential areas of service improvement and recommend appropriate solutions
• Conduct desktop assessments of special-status species, wetlands, waters, and other sensitive biological resources
• Conduct biological reconnaissance surveys, habitat evaluations, habitat mapping, species-specific surveys, nesting bird surveys, botanical inventories, impact assessments, and mitigation monitoring
• Coordinate with construction staff and management to facilitate workflow and environmental compliance
• Prepare pre-activity, pre-construction, biological compliance monitoring, technical, and regulatory permit reports
• Implement habitat and species restoration, enhancement, or management projects
• Use GPS, GIS, binoculars, cameras, aerial surveys, statistics, specialized software, and databases for biological resource assessments and impact analyses
• Conduct literature reviews
• Prepare, review, and understand project scopes, schedules, and budgets
• Monitor project progress and follow up with stakeholders
• Schedule, attend, or facilitate project meetings
• Resolve issues and improve procedures to meet client needs
• Develop field survey scopes and schedules and interpret protocol requirements
• Lead field work and serve as primary point of contact, including daily field check-ins and check-outs
• Ensure team members have necessary tools and skills
• Mentor junior staff and provide routine performance feedback
• Ensure team members follow company policies and procedures

Part-time Senior Scientist leading ecological consulting for Verdantas’ sustainable environmental engineering projects

Senior Scientist – Part-Time

Part-time Senior Scientist leading ecological surveys, permitting, and biological assessments for Verdantas’ sustainable environmental consulting projects. Mentoring field teams and managing technical deliverables across California.

• Provide technical support and training for the Olink proteomics product portfolio
• Collaborate with sales teams and customers to deliver product demonstrations, applications support, and training
• Deliver pre- and post-sales technical expertise across multiple technology platforms
• Develop new applications and troubleshoot complex technical issues
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders
• Partner with sales, marketing, R&D, and product management teams to ensure customer success and drive business growth through technical excellence

Field Application Scientist supporting Olink proteomics at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Field Application Scientist

Field Application Scientist supporting Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Olink proteomics portfolio. Providing customer training, technical troubleshooting, demonstrations, and pre- and post-sales applications expertise.

• Design and analyze health studies using statistical and epidemiological methods to support decision-making
• Oversee research projects from design to dissemination
• Ensure quality of statistical analysis plans, data, analytical code, and outputs
• Work with Care Delivery, Product, and Commercial teams to demonstrate the effectiveness of Verily’s portfolio
• Develop metrics enabling strategic tracking based on evidence generation
• Design and conduct analyses of clinical outcomes, health care costs, and utilization, including KPIs and performance guarantees
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to test service delivery models
• Evaluate the impact of new product features and AI on engagement and clinical outcomes

Staff Quantitative Scientist advancing Verily’s AI-enabled precision health analytics

Staff Quantitative Scientist

Staff Quantitative Scientist applying statistical and computational methods to Verily’s health data platform. Designing studies and evaluating healthcare outcomes, costs, utilization, products, and AI-enabled care solutions.

• Design, execute, and lead in vitro functional studies supporting target discovery, validation, lead selection and optimization, and preclinical development of T-cell engagers.
• Develop, optimize, and run T-cell functional assays to inform potency, selectivity, and safety, including cytotoxicity, cytokine release, activation, immune profiling, and reporter assays.
• Design and run co-culture assays evaluating T-cell-mediated tumor cell killing in response to T-cell engagers.
• Design and execute primary human T-cell assays, including activation, cytokine release, T-cell exhaustion, mixed lymphocyte reaction assays, and proliferation.
• Generate and interpret complex datasets with emphasis on scientific rigor, reproducibility, and data quality.
• Build decision-focused data packages and communicate scientific conclusions and recommendations to project teams, management, and external collaborators.
• Develop and execute multiparameter flow cytometry, including activation and intracellular cytokine staining.
• Design and perform real-time cytotoxicity assays, including IncuCyte and eSight, and other functional readouts relevant to T-cell engager activity.
• Characterize T-cell engagers using cell-based functional assays, including cytokine release and cytotoxicity.
• Understand TCE formats and improve tumor-specific killing efficacy.
• Collaborate across teams to evaluate and optimize T-cell engager molecules.
• Coordinate with external collaborators and CROs to deliver high-quality, timely data.
• Identify project risks, propose mitigation strategies, and communicate progress and challenges to stakeholders.
• Monitor scientific literature and competitive landscapes relevant to T-cell engagers, immune-redirecting modalities, and OGAP-selected targets.
• Propose innovative experimental approaches to accelerate early-stage discovery.
• Serve as an internal subject matter expert in T-cell immunobiology and immune-redirecting therapies.
• Foster scientific rigor, learning, transparency, accountability, and inclusion.
• Act as a scientific thought leader within the research organization.
• Adhere to OBT’s Quality Management System, including SOPs, documentation standards, electronic lab notebooks, and required training.
• Support audit readiness and continuous improvement of laboratory systems and workflows.

T-Cell Biologist advancing antibody-based cancer therapeutics at Oxford Biotherapeutics

T-Cell Biologist – Scientist/Sr. Scientist

T-Cell Biologist advancing T-cell engagers and antibody therapeutics for cancer at Oxford Biotherapeutics.
Designing functional immunology assays and translating complex data into discovery and preclinical decisions.

• Develop, tune, and optimize novel assays, algorithms, machine learning and statistical models to analyze next-generation sequencing (NGS) and multimodal data for oncology biomarker detection from cell-free DNA
• Develop and refine machine learning models for cell-free circulating tumor DNA fraction estimation and longitudinal treatment response monitoring
• Improve molecular barcoding filtering strategies to distinguish low-frequency oncology biomarkers from sequencing artifacts
• Design and integrate machine learning classifiers and filtering logic to differentiate Clonal Hematopoiesis variants from tumor-derived variants
• Design and execute experiments evaluating assay analytical performance
• Support regulatory documentation for CAP/CLIA, New York State, FDA, and MolDx submissions
• Collaborate with wet-lab assay development scientists, medical directors, clinical scientists, biostatisticians, software engineers, and product managers
• Translate research into clinically actionable insights and production-scale pipelines

Bioinformatics Scientist developing liquid biopsy assays and AI for Tempus precision oncology

Bioinformatics Scientist

Bioinformatics Scientist developing liquid biopsy assays and AI models for Tempus, a precision oncology company. Optimizing biomarker detection, tumor fraction estimation, and clinical validation pipelines.

• Working closely with partners, develop robust, scalable, and well characterized unit operations for USP and DSP procedures for short and long RNA molecule.
• Design, execute and analyze experiments for existing and novel methods, processes, and equipment technologies.
• Proactively investigates, proposes, and develops improvements to existing processes or develops new processes.
• Communicate findings to a wide audience in a timely and clear fashion.
• Leads continuous improvement for methods, processes and/or scientific procedures.
• Maintain thorough documentation through electronic lab notebooks, technical reports, and technical presentations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to collect data and inform experimental design.
• Maintain positive relationships with internal and external partners to facilitate collaboration across functions.
• Deliver reproducible and impactful results under ambitious timeline.
• Work at a high level of autonomy, develop manufacturing processes of early assets.

Senior Scientist leading RNA process development for therapeutic innovations

Senior Scientist, Viral Vector Development – API RNA Modalities

Senior Scientist leading RNA process development to support gene therapy innovations at Johnson & Johnson. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize manufacturing processes and deliver scientific breakthroughs.

• Design molecular and cellular biology experiments in collaboration with internal bioinformatics and chemistry teams.
• Manage external CROs including experimental design and technical oversight.
• Design and optimize siRNAs, ASOs, PMOs, and other novel nucleotide modalities.
• Generate and interpret structure-activity relationships (SAR) for lead optimization.
• Maintain technical documentation using Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) and communicate strategies and results effectively.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and scientific literature to enhance oligonucleotide potency.

Scientist/Senior Scientist for oligonucleotide biology in a biotech firm

Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Oligo Biology – In Vitro

Scientist/Senior Scientist managing oligonucleotide pipeline development at Korsana Biosciences. Leading research efforts in a fully remote setting specializing in therapies for neurodegenerative diseases.

• Execute and support the development, qualification, validation, and transfer of cell-based bioassays in a GMP-regulated laboratory environment
• Perform cell-based potency, functional, neutralization, reporter gene, proliferation, viability, and ELISA assays
• Maintain mammalian cell cultures and prepare reagents, standards, and controls
• Execute GMP release, stability, characterization, and comparability studies
• Monitor assay performance using established system suitability criteria and control trending
• Support assay development, optimization, qualification, validation, and method transfer activities
• Execute studies assessing precision, accuracy, specificity, linearity, range, robustness, and system suitability
• Analyze data using bioassay and statistical software
• Author and review protocols, reports, SOPs, and technical summaries
• Perform work in accordance with GMP, GDP, GLP, ALCOA+, and established quality systems
• Participate in deviations, OOS/OOT investigations, CAPAs, and change controls
• Collaborate with project managers, QA, study directors, and scientific staff

Scientist I executing cell-based bioassays in a GMP-regulated lab environment

Scientist I

Scientist I executing and supporting development of cell-based bioassays in GMP laboratory. Collaborating across projects to generate high-quality data for pharmaceutical product testing.

• Apply fundamental and applied research to develop, train, fine-tune, and deploy advanced neural networks for language processing in agentic systems encompassing audio-visual reasoning, tool usage, and document understanding
• Advance post-training and alignment methods including instruction tuning, preference optimization, and RLHF/RLVR to improve multimodal agents for complex use cases
• Research and develop agentic reasoning and grounded perception capabilities, focusing on planning, tool execution, and long-horizon task completion across digital and physical environments
• Lead the collection, development, and benchmarking of multimodal datasets, ensuring high-quality evaluation of model accuracy, safety, and task completion success

Senior Deep Learning Scientist advancing multimodal AI at NVIDIA

Senior Deep Learning Scientist – Multimodal Agentic RL

Senior Deep Learning Scientist advancing multimodal AI at NVIDIA. Focusing on deep learning, RL, and applied mathematics on high-impact AI products.

• The Sterility Assurance Scientist is responsible for supporting activities that maintain compliance to the applicable regulations (FDA, Canadian Medical Device Regulations (CMDR), European Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR), ISO 13485, and ISO 9001) as they apply to sterilization
• Maintains and revises procedures and methodologies to cover sterilization programs across sites
• Obtains and maintains knowledge of FDA, ISO, and EN sterilization and related microbiology standards and guidelines
• Supports EU MDR compliance by performing gap analysis and formulating gap resolution plans
• Monitors and ensures adequacy of contamination control measures at external suppliers
• Provides training to procedural changes
• Provides guidance and input on the resolution of sterility related non-conformances
• Creates and finalizes validation protocols and report ensuring they are clear, concise and compliant to work instructions and standards

Sterility Assurance Scientist ensuring compliance with sterilization regulations in healthcare

Senior Sterility Scientist

Sterility Assurance Scientist ensuring compliance across sterilization processes and methodologies in healthcare. Collaborating closely with various departments to maintain quality and regulatory standards.

• Drive the design, and development of next-generation minimal residual disease (MRD) laboratory-developed tests (LDTs).
• Contribute to assay concepts, driving analytical development and validation.
• Partner closely with wet-lab, clinical, quality, regulatory, and software teams to deliver robust MRD diagnostics for multiple indications.
• Lead technical execution of key scientific efforts, owning assay bioinformatics from concept through analytical validation and launch.
• Contribute to bioinformatics strategy for MRD assay design, development, optimization, and lifecycle management for LDTs developed under CAP/CLIA quality systems.
• Lead and contribute to study design, data analysis, performance characterization, and decision-making throughout development.
• Develop, validate, and maintain scalable, production-ready bioinformatics pipelines for MRD analysis, including QC, variant calling, MRD calling logic, and reporting.

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist driving next-generation MRD test development at Veracyte

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at Veracyte driving next-generation MRD test development. Collaborating with cross-functional teams for robust clinical diagnostics delivery.

• Contribute to the research, development and deployment of signal processing and machine learning algorithms for Oura features/products based on a range of sensing modalities
• Conduct early stage exploratory research to identify and characterize new potential sensing features and functionality. Develop proof-of-concept features and work with a cross-functional team to take these from proof-of-concept to a commercialized product
• Design and support internal and external data collection studies to develop, evaluate, benchmark and improve new biomarkers and algorithms and to evaluate the signal quality of hardware and firmware prototypes
• Develop and maintain internal signal evaluation tools and libraries to help Oura’s hardware and firmware teams optimize current and next-generation products
• Document, summarize, and present data analysis and algorithm performance results with concrete actionable recommendations for a broad audience on a regular basis
• Support the incorporation of new sensing modalities into next-generation hardware by running feasibility studies and providing scientifically-backed guidance to other teams (hardware, firmware, product, etc)
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and overseas stakeholders

Senior Algorithm Scientist developing health sensing algorithms at Oura

Senior Algorithm Scientist

Senior Algorithm Scientist developing health sensing algorithms for Oura's features/products. Collaborating on research, development, and deployment of cutting-edge technologies in a hybrid role.

• Invent synthetic routes and develop safe, robust, and cost-effective processes to manufacture synthetic and hybrid drug substances
• Advance enabling technologies to accelerate pharmaceutical development and to improve sustainability and process efficiency
• Support cGMP manufacturing and technology transfer to our internal manufacturing facilities and external contract manufacturers
• Ensure process performance through process understanding, modeling and characterization
• Contribute to drug substance development teams by providing experimental results, technical updates, documentation, data interpretation, recommendations, etc.
• Work cross-functionally to deliver regulatory documents and support regulatory filings
• Serve as a technical expert and keep current in the field of organic and process chemistry
• Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team of chemists, engineers and attribute scientists
• Work independently in advancing projects and studies within required deadlines.

Senior Scientist in Process Development focusing on synthetic drug substances

Senior Process Development Scientist

Senior Scientist in Process Development working on synthetic and hybrid drug substances for patient care. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful drug manufacturing processes.

• RWE and Bioinformatics Analysis: Lead large-scale genomics data analysis, specifically in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), to extract actionable insights.
• Predictive Analytics & Modeling: Develop and implement robust predictive models to forecast clinical trends and outcomes using RWE and genomics data.
• Data Visualization and Communication: Create and implement innovative data visualization strategies to effectively communicate complex genomic analysis results.
• Project Leadership: Own and manage genomics projects from initial concept through to final delivery, ensuring all initiatives are completed efficiently (on time and within budget).
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with Sales, R&D, Data Science, Business Development, Medical Affairs, and Engineering.
• Data Stewardship: Facilitate the integration of genomics data with diverse data types to enrich analyses.
• Reporting and Publication: Prepare detailed reports and manuscripts for publication.
• Innovation and Development: Maintain current knowledge of the latest developments in genomics and bioinformatics and propose new methods for analysis.

Sr. Scientist leading real-world evidence analyses for innovative genomic applications.

Senior Scientist

Sr. Scientist leading bioinformatics and real-world evidence analyses within genomic health sectors. Focused on Chronic Kidney Disease and Rare Disease for clinical applications.

• Analyze data, evaluate existing algorithm performance, develop and prototype new algorithms or enhancements to existing algorithms and work with software engineers to implement the algorithms into robust and highly performant software
• Support the development of signal and image processing algorithms and software
• Collaborate with a staff of signal/image processing scientists and software engineers

Mid-level Scientist developing signal/image processing algorithms

Signal and Image Processing Scientist

Mid-level Scientist developing signal/image processing algorithms and software at Areté. Supporting innovative solutions for complex security challenges with a team of scientists and engineers.

• Research, prototype, and develop state-of-the-art computer vision and deep learning models spanning detection, segmentation, tracking, and vision-language tasks.
• Translate recent research into working implementations — reproducing baselines, running ablations, and quantifying practical tradeoffs.
• Own the full data lifecycle for visual tasks: dataset curation, annotation strategy, augmentation, synthetic data generation, and quality analysis.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to move models from prototype to production, including optimization for edge or latency-constrained environments.
• Communicate methods, results, and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Senior CV/ML Scientist pushing boundaries of computer vision and machine learning at Aicadium

Senior CV/ML Scientist

Senior CV/ML Scientist developing state-of-the-art models in computer vision and machine learning. Join Aicadium to push industrial AI boundaries in hybrid setup based in San Diego.

• Deliver onsite and remote training for customers using the Pluto C-Free platform
• Provide technical support during installation, onboarding, and routine operation
• Troubleshoot customer questions and help ensure a successful user experience
• Advise customers on best practices for flow cytometry-related sample preparation and staining workflows
• Conduct product demonstrations for prospective and existing customers
• Partner with the Sales team to communicate the technical value of Pluto C-Free solutions
• Support customer applications involving flow cytometry, antibody staining optimization, and clinical sample workflows
• Gather customer feedback and communicate insights to internal teams
• Work closely with Field Service Engineers to support seamless customer handoffs
• Assist in developing SOPs, application notes, and technical documentation
• Maintain accurate records of customer interactions, trainings, and demo outcomes
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Management, and Customer Experience teams to share field insights and improve workflows

Field Application Scientist supporting innovative cell processing and sample preparation solutions

Field Application Scientist – FAS

Field Application Scientist supporting Pluto C-Free portfolio for customer training and technical support in life sciences. Focusing on flow cytometry expertise and clinical sample workflows.

• Actively engage in designing, planning, and the execution of breeding programs and research objectives
• The development of new approaches and customized solutions to aquaculture breeding program challenges.
• Maintain confidentiality of breeding clients’ program details
• Data and information organization including entering data in a database.
• Maintain effective communication with clients and CAT teams
• Interact effectively with multiple groups within CAT to execute breeding program goals
• Analyze genetics and genomics data/information

Breeding Scientist managing aquaculture breeding programs

Breeding Scientist

Breeding Scientist responsible for aquaculture breeding program management and strategy execution. Collaborating with clients to utilize innovative genetic technology in breeding and genomics delivery.

• Responsible for algorithms determining customer searches at Shipt
• Re-architecting Shipt's search stack to be LLM-native and value-aware
• Building a retrieval and ranking system from the ground up
• Partnering with Senior Scientists and ML Engineers
• Designing and implementing multi-task learning (MTL) and multi-objective models
• Identifying opportunities and exploring datasets for senior-level reports
• Integrating rich user signals for deep personalization
• Developing and tuning hybrid retrieval systems

Senior Data Scientist designing algorithms for customer search at Shipt

Senior DS/ML Scientist – Search Science

Senior Data Scientist working on algorithms for Shipt's search stack. Building retrieval systems and collaborating with ML Engineers to enhance search functionalities.

• Lead customer engagement and technical delivery by preparing and delivering LC/MS product demonstrations, proteomics workflows, training, and ongoing application support to drive customer success and adoption
• Drive commercial impact and market growth by partnering with sales and business teams to identify opportunities, align application strategies, and influence customer decisions across key market segments
• Develop and advance proteomics solutions by designing and implementing end-to-end workflows, including sample preparation, analytical methods, and data processing approaches
• Support product innovation and portfolio expansion by contributing to the definition, testing, and application of new hardware and software solutions across nominal and accurate mass LC-MS technologies
• Act as a scientific thought leader and brand ambassador by building a strong presence in the proteomics community, representing SCIEX at conferences, and influencing stakeholders across scientific, commercial, and executive audience

Senior Application Scientist providing technical support in proteomics at SCIEX

Senior Application Scientist – Proteomics

Senior Application Scientist responsible for LC-MS product demonstrations and applications support in life sciences. Leading customer engagement and driving scientific solutions in a collaborative environment.

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