Associate Scientist – Histology, IHC & Image Analysis

Position Title: Early Research & Development Scientist

Work Location: Tucson, AZ, 85755

Assignment Duration: 12 Months

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Key Responsibilities:

• Initiate, direct, and execute scientific research, product early development, and manufacturing process strategies to support new and existing products.

• Investigate the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to potential inventions and problems in the pathology lab assay space.

• Plan and execute laboratory research utilizing thorough technical and theoretical understanding of numerous techniques.

• Developing new formulations for staining, data analysis, creative applications of AI tools as part of the Research Staining Technology Team.

• Analyze data, evaluate results, form conclusions, and implement process or document improvements.

• Prepare technical reports, summaries, protocols, and quantitative analyses.

• Present and discuss experiment results within the department and project team.

• Participate in the development of patent applications and efforts to define new components, products, or processes.

• Serve as an in-house and outside consultant, potentially advising top management or acting as a corporate scientific affairs spokesperson.

• Ensure complete and accurate laboratory documentation and electronic files, and adhere to company policies for GMP, GLP, and Design Control.

Qualification & Experience:

• Entry-level Ph.D.

• Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience

• Participate in cell culture experiments and maintain live cell cultures.

• Apply advanced scientific knowledge to projects and utilize Design of Experiments (DOE) where appropriate.

• Previous experience in tissue diagnostics, including immunohistochemistry in a pathology lab environment.

• Knowledge of or experience in primary stains and special stains.

• Experience with Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN).

• Familiarity with SAFe Agile methodologies.

• Image analysis programming experience/scanning of images.

• Experience with Digital Pathology.

• Tissue culture, specifically spheroid and organoid models.