Position Title: Scientist Senior
Work Location: Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Assignment Duration: 12 Months
Work Schedule: 8:30 AM – 5 PM, Monday through Friday
Work Arrangement: Fully onsite
 
Position Summary: The Department of Oncology Research is seeking a highly motivated Scientist to contribute to the discovery and progression of small-molecule therapeutics.
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Monitors or follows established experimental design and protocols and performs routine tasks and studies to obtain reproducible and reliable results with limited supervision.
• Plans, monitors or conducts, analyzes and records experiments, and provides interpretation of data.
• Effectively transfers experimental methods from literature to the lab and makes modifications as necessary.
• Develop and implement new protocols with moderate review.
• Engage coworkers in scientific discussions.
• Communicates data and interpretation to work group.
• Skilled at developing systems to ensure quality data.
• Skilled and/or knowledgeable in the use of standard laboratory equipment and with one or more major laboratory instruments/techniques.
• Effectively troubleshot equipment and experimental difficulties.
• Contributes to internal/external reports, papers, presentations, regulatory documents, invention disclosure submissions and/or patents.
• Participates in department-wide support efforts such as safety, recruiting and committees.
• May train staff and/or supervise others.
• Coordinates and organizes resources needed to complete the task.
• Understands when to seek input and when to make independent judgments

 
Qualifications & Experience:

• The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in Cancer Biology, Genetics, or a related field with hands-on experience in mammalian cell culture and standard molecular biology techniques.
• Candidates with an MS and 3–5 years of relevant industry experience will also be considered.
• Strong data analysis skills, scientific independence, and a demonstrated publication record, preferably including first-author work, are expected.
• Must show first-author publication for PhD candidates.
• A strong skillset of standard cell and molecular biology experimental design and techniques (e.g., mammalian cell culture, western blotting, molecular cloning, qPCR, flow cytometry, etc) and data analysis (e.g., GraphPad Prism)
• Research experience in cancer biology, genetics, or related field
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 43.00/hr.