Research Specialist / Sr Scientist, Assay Sciences, Discovery Pharmacology

As a Research Specialist or Sr Scientist of Assay Sciences, Discovery Pharmacology team, your primary focus will be supporting the needs of development and operation of a wide range of analytical and bioassays within the Drug Discovery and Development (3DS) division of Altos. This is a laboratory research scientist position focused on the development and execution of cell-based and biochemical assays, and complex in vitro bioassays. Your work will contribute to our drug discovery campaigns across a diverse portfolio of discovery and development stage projects. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving our mission and making a significant impact in aging/rejuvenation biology and drug discovery.

Responsibilities

You'll be right in the middle of drug discovery, developing the next generation of medicines.; Your main gig is making, running, and optimizing a ton of analytical and bioassays (cell-based, biochemical, complex in vitro).; You'll be taking manual assays and turning them into super-efficient, automated processes—think moving from a bench to high-throughput screening with automated gear.; You'll need to nail the stats (Z’-factor!) and make sure everything is scalable.; Creating new assays from scratch (de novo development) is also on the list.; Documenting everything in the electronic lab notebook (ELN) for awesome data integrity.; Working with other teams, including the Discovery Sciences, Institute of Computation and Product Development crew.; You'll be a technical lead for the assay sciences team.; You'll also be managing external research partners (CROs) to make sure their data is top-notch.

Requirements

Research Specialist Experience Requirement: Bachelors or Masters degree and 8+ years of industry experience.; Sr Scientist Experience Requirements: PhD and 6+ years post-PhD, PLUS 3+ years of industry experience.; Seriously good at developing and running a huge variety of analytical and bioassays.; You should know your way around cutting-edge assay tech like MSD, HTRF, AlphaLISA, etc.; Expertise with lab automation gear is a must (Bravo, Echo, I.DOT, Digital Dispenser, etc.).; Experience with high-content imaging in high-throughput (96- and 384-well) formats.; You need to be a productive rockstar who can get work done on time.; Great at documenting your experiments in an ELN.; Proven experience managing external CROs.; Excellent communication and organizational skills—ready to multitask; An SME / emerging leader in a technical field with sustained performance and accomplishment.; Strong demonstrable expert knowledge of a specialized research area with a wide breadth of knowledge beyond a research specialty.; Demonstrates ability to apply excellent professional judgement and high proficiency of application of all skills and techniques relevant to lab / hub research projects.