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**Work Schedule** Standard (Mon-Fri) **Environmental Conditions** Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Laboratory Setting, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Will work with hazardous/toxic materials **Job Description** Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you'll help solve some of the world's toughest challenges, from giving organ transplant patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond. **Location/Division Specific Information** West Hills, CA / Transplant Diagnostics **How will you make an impact?** You will be supporting the current protein purification process improvement to promote product quality, and participating in new product development in R&D. While working within an interdisciplinary team of scientists, you will learn and supply your skills and ideas to projects. **What will you do?** + Perform laboratory experiments to develop, assess or transfer methods/procedures, specifically, protein purification and biochemical analysis. + Help develop and build the foundation of new cell or protein-based bioassays. + Responsible for performing data analysis and interpretation. + Communicate findings and discuss relevance of your data to a multi-discipline team. **How will you get here?** **Education** Bachelor, or Master's degree in Biochemistry, Immunology, Biology, Bioengineering, physiology, or a related subject area. **Experience** + Bachelor's degree with 3 years of proven experience related to the job description; Master's degree with 2 years practical experience in life sciences. + 1+ years of experience with tissue culture, protein purification, flow cytometry, assay development, and molecular biology techniques. + Technical experience with antibody-antigen detection test, including ELISA, affinity, and bead-based immunoassay. + Good understanding of GLP and GMP guidelines for assay development **Knowledge, Skills, Abilities** + Protein purification. + Sterile tissue culture technique. + Assay development experience, particularly with fluorescence and luminescence-based assays. + Independent project execution. + Observe deviations from the anticipated outcomes and provide solutions where needed. + Succeed with a moderate level of supervision and mentorship. + Strong collaboration orientation with proven influence/interpersonal skills. We offer competitive salary, an annual incentive bonus plan, 401K with company match up to 6%, tuition reimbursement, and a range of other employee benefits! **Compensation and Benefits** The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $72,600.00-$108,900.00. This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes: + A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs + Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement + At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy + Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan + Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount For more information on our benefits, please visit: Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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