Associate Scientist - Biomechanical Testing

Key Skills

Analytical and Problem solving, Biomedical Imaging, Data Analytics, Mechanical, Optimization, Statistics

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

Within our Analytical Services team, we have a functional service provider solution, which is a unique partnership that allows our customers to demonstrate the experience of our staff, while allowing you, the employee, to gain direct experience working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company, all while maintaining full-time benefits.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support analytical development and analytical testing on mechanical characterization of soft and hard materials (e.g., tensile and cyclic test methods).
• Complete experimental plan and analytical testing to support analytical and process development for FTIR, DSC, TGA, Porosity, and mechanical testing.
• Maintaining and ensuring laboratory instrumentation for microscope and associated software.
• Develop and optimize test methods, demonstrate technological feasibility, and characterize material and assembled device products, employing multiple analytical methods.
• Report on project progress, provide data for reports with appropriate statistical analysis.
• Support proof of concept studies in collaboration with R&D, PD, and PAT partner groups.
• Maintain analytical lab instrumentation, manage lab reagents, ensure appropriate calibration is carried out.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of analytical data generated.
• Maintain excellent written documentation (e.g., lab notebook and test forms).
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and trend assay performance.

Education and Experience:

Associate Scientist requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in biomedical, mechanical, or chemical engineering, material science, polymer science, or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Scientist requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in biomedical, mechanical, or chemical engineering, material science, polymer science, or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• AND at least 2 year of previous relevant experience.
• OR Master’s degree in biomedical, mechanical, or chemical engineering, material science, polymer science, or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Preferred Experience:

• Proficient with mechanical testing including, but not limited to, tensile/compression testing.
• Hands-on experience with few of the following methods: mechanical material characterization (e.g., tensile and cyclic testing of soft and hard materials, surface characterization, electron microscopy (SEM-EDS), FTIR, TGA, DSC, and porosity characterization.
• Excellent collaboration, ideation, and prototyping skills, including facilitating troubleshooting /brainstorming sessions, developing proof of concepts, working prototypes, and conducting functional testing.
• Experience with design of experiments, statistical analysis, and GMP data recording in electronic laboratory notebook.
• Excellent communication skills with the proven ability to work in a collaborative environment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proficient with mechanical testing including, but not limited to, tensile/compression testing.
• Hands-on experience with few of the following methods: mechanical material characterization (e.g., tensile and cyclic testing of soft and hard materials, surface characterization, electron microscopy (SEM-EDS), FTIR, TGA, DSC, and porosity characterization.
• Excellent collaboration, conceptualization, and prototyping skills, including facilitating troubleshooting /brainstorming sessions, developing proof of concepts, working prototypes, and conducting functional testing.
• Experience with design of experiments, statistical analysis, and GMP data recording in electronic laboratory notebook.
• Background in implantable device design and analytical testing.
• Working knowledge of dimensional/measurement analysis microscopy systems, and x-ray computed tomography, smart vision microscopy systems, machine learning, and porosity characterization

Working Environment:

Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical working hours.
• Able to lift and move objects up to 25 pounds
• Able to work in non-traditional work environments.
• Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with
• proficiency.
• May have exposure to potentially hazardous elements, including infectious agents, typically found in healthcare or laboratory environments.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.

As a condition of employment with Thermo Fisher/PPD, in this role, you must have received your Covid-19 vaccine and you must disclose proof of your vaccination status upon employment.

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