Laboratory Engineer

Job description
Attana is looking to hire a Laboratory Engineer. I this role you will conduct various laboratory related tasks supporting both Attanas production and contract research facility. You will primarily be working with tasks related to our production such as producing and assembly of final product, preparing consumables, conduct supplementary analysis and quality control of raw material as well as documentation. You will also support in ordering and shipping process by monitoring and tracking customer’ orders, preparing material for shipping and quality control of this process.

Responsibilities
Assembly of final product incl reagent preparation
Assist production and application specialists with material preparation and analysis 
Manage laboratory inventories, incl ordering
Monitor and track customer orders, supporting supply chain.
Quality control of raw material and products from production 




Working hours
This is temporary assignment 6-12 months. For the right candidate there is likelihood of future career and permanent employment with Attana.

Qualifications
For this role, we are looking for candidates with a solid laboratory background, especially with experience from preparing chemical reagents and solutions, cell-culture techniques, cell-based assays and analysis (f ex ELISA, flow cytometry, enzymatic assays or similar). Previous experience from laboratory-supporting function including ordering, managing inventories etc is highly desired. Strong documentation-skills are required.


You have a life science related degree as biomedical engineer or biomedical analyst or similar 
Experience of laboratory work with emphasis on following methods / equipment’s; Cell culture, ELISA, flow-cytometry, plate readers, cell-based enzymatic assays. Previous experience of biosensors is a great plus.
Previous experience from a laboratory-supportive function including tasks such as ordering / purchase / inventory monitoring is desired.
Previous experience or knowledge of quality aspects in a production setting.
Strong documentation skills, previous experience from environment compliant to ISO standards and/or GxP is highly desired.
Full proficiency in both Swedish and English language.
A service minded personality with positive attitude.






Application
In this recruitment, Attana is collaborating with Randstad Science & Engineering. For questions regarding this role, please contact recruitment consultant Peter Janson, peter.janson@randstad.se +46766287150. Please send your application online as soon as possible, and no later than Sept 26th.

About the company
Attana was founded in 2002 on the principle of characterizing molecular interactions exactly as they occur in the human body. Since then, we have developed proprietary label-free biosensor instruments for biochemical, crude, sera, and cell-based assays and the Attana Virus Analytics (AVA) platform – a proprietary in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) tool.

With HQ in Stockholm, Sweden, and a research lab in London, UK, we develop and sell our proprietary products and services to Big Pharma, biotech companies and academic institutions within life science.

Our instruments are optimized for real-time analysis of crude samples and serum to provide biologically relevant information for more accurate diagnostics and improved efficiency and performance of the pharmaceutical drug development process. Our instruments can determine specificity, kinetics and affinity, among other binding characteristics of biomolecules and macrostructures of varying species such as cells, antibodies, proteins, viruses and bacteria. Our team of highly skilled and experienced application specialists, also routinely perform contract research for both industrial and academic customers.