Research Scientist at Cepheid

Cepheid is a leading molecular diagnostics company that is dedicated to improving healthcare by developing, manufacturing, and marketing accurate yet easy-to-use molecular systems and tests. By automating highly complex and time-consuming manual procedures, the company’s solutions deliver a better way for institutions of any size to perform sophisticated genetic testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases. Through its strong molecular biology capabilities, Cepheid is focusing on applications where accurate, rapid and actionable test results are needed most, such as managing infectious diseases and cancer.
Through strong molecular biology capabilities and ongoing product innovation, we are focused on developing tests for healthcare-associated infections, critical infectious disease, virology and oncology applications.
Be inspired knowing you are part of the team helping to diagnose the most challenging diseases!
Research Scientist – R&D Solna
We are hiring a Research Scientist to join our R&D team in Solna. As a Research Scientist, your main responsibility is to contribute to new and improved products developed within the framework of Cepheids development plans. You are expected to be able to individually plan, perform and analyze experiments and thereby contribute to generating information in one or several of the ongoing product development projects. This includes mainly practical work in the laboratory in addition to planning and analyzing experiments.
To be successful in this role requires that you can, with a moderate level of guidance and direction, gain the knowledge needed to plan, perform and analyze experiments. You are also expected to contribute intellectually within your own discipline and be able to provide informal guidance to new team members. We expect you to be organized and paying attention to details when performing experiments. You should be a team player with good communication skills.
In addition to work within the projects you are expected to contribute with your competence to other activities within the department which may include planning, coordination, and performing common tasks, suggesting improvements, reporting deviations, and by other means actively contributing to the fulfillment of goals within the project, department, and company.
All tasks should be performed with high quality and within timelines.
Essential Job Responsibilities
Deliver experimental plans, perform and analyse experiments and report the deliveries to the project(s).
Actively contribute to the achievement of goals in the project, department and company.
Maintain detailed experimental records.


Minimum Requirements: 
Education or Experience (in years): 
Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of related work experience OR
Master's degree in field with 0-2 years of related work experience.
Experience from IVD product development under design control is a great advantage for this position.

 
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