About Us
Sapient is an early-stage fee for service, contract research organization in San Diego, CA. Our focus is on accelerating drug development and transforming personalized medicine for our pharma and biotech clients. We are an agile, highly collaborative team of passionate scientists, committed to making innovations with scientific rigor, and executing in a timely manner in accordance with key regulatory standards. Combining state-of-the-art mass spectrometry technology with advanced biocomputational services and multifaceted human health data, we enable biomarker discovery at unprecedented speed and scale to provide a deeper understanding of human biology and effectively align biological targets, patients, and drug therapies in support of our clients.
About the Role
We are in search of a Research Scientist II|/Senior Research Scientist with expertise primarily in proteomics workflows for complex matrices (e.g., biosamples) to join our interdisciplinary bioanalytical team here at Sapient. As an RSIII/SRS, you will be responsible for performing laboratory experiments such as the preparation of clinical and biological samples for global/targeted proteomics analyses using medium to high throughput liquid chromatography mass spectrometry instrumentation.
What we’re looking for
For
RSIII/SRS
:
- Experience with size exclusion chromatography, nanoparticle and other proteomics enrichment preparations, BCA and SPE techniques.
- Familiarity with mass spectrometry techniques (preferably untargeted LC-MS, however targeted LC-MS is also favorable) and working in a BSL2/BSL2+ environment.
- Experience with custom data workflows and data analysis required (i.e., Skyline, Specronaut, mzmine)
- Bachelor's degree in biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, or a related Life Science field and 3+ years of related work experience or a master’s degree with 1 year of related work experience.
*Responsibilities/Skills JW4
Technical Duties
General Duties
- Establishes excellent working relationships with key collaborators throughout the organization and communicates effectively through appropriate channels and tools.
- Demonstrates the ability to complete projects in a communicative and timely manner under regulatory guidance.
- Maintains safe and efficient procedures in the laboratory.
- Supports the organization, tracking, and storing of specimens.
- Supports management of lab consumables, including ordering, receiving, and storage of consumables.
- Demonstrates the ability to learn complex tasks with instruction and to apply this to perform a variety of new techniques.
- Other duties as assigned
Position Location
- San Diego, California (Sorrento Valley)
Position Type
Full-time,
On-site
Compensation
– $85,000 – 115,000 final compensations will be based on qualification and experience)
