# Research Associate I, Platform Reagents & Assay Support

**Company**: Bighatbiosciences
**Location**: San Mateo, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full time
**Salary**: $75,000 - $88,000
**Category**: Laboratory
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

BigHat Biosciences is seeking a self-motivated individual for a Research Associate I, Platform Reagents & Assay Support (PRAS), role to power its in-house reagent manufacturing and QC efforts.

## Key Responsibilities

- Execute automated and manual high-throughput reagent manufacturing and QC workflows to support data generation across BigHat's production assay suite.

- Maintain detailed records of all reagent lot manufacturing and QC events using BigHat's documentation tools, and clearly communicate results and challenges.

- Contribute to reagent lot performance monitoring, and assist with troubleshooting efforts as needed.

- Collaborate on creating laboratory standard operating procedures (SOPs) for reagent manufacturing and QC.

- Work closely with BigHat team members to identify, design, and implement critical process and operational improvements to workflows and laboratory systems.

- Operate automated liquid handlers and analytical instruments to ensure efficient lab and platform operations.

## Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

- BS in Biology or Chemistry, with 1+ year of industry experience.

- Experience in reagent manufacturing and quality control, process execution, and troubleshooting.

- Hands-on experience with automated liquid handlers (e.g., Hamilton, OpenTrons, Tecan, Agilent systems) and LIMS (nice-to-have).

- Familiarity with molecular biology techniques and general lab practices.

- Efficient time management and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic start-up environment.

- Strong interpersonal skills and effective communication with multidisciplinary team members.

- Excellent record-keeping abilities for documenting experimental work and analytical data.

- Previous experience with barcoding systems, automated tube/plate labelers, inventory tracking, and Google Workspace tools (nice-to-haves).

## Benefits

- Salary estimated at $75,000 - $88,000 + bonus + options + benefits.

- Range of health insurance plan options through Anthem and Kaiser (monthly credit if benefit waived).

- Dental and vision coverage through Guardian.

- Additional well-being benefits through Nayya, OneMedical, Wagmo, Rula, and more.

- 401(k) with company match.

- DTO, two weeks of company-wide shutdown, and 12 company holidays.

- Paid parental leave.

## Skills

### Required
- BS in Biology or Chemistry
- reagent manufacturing
- quality control
- process execution
- troubleshooting
- automated liquid handlers
- molecular biology techniques
- general lab practices
- time management
- interpersonal skills
- record keeping

### Nice to have
- LIMS
- barcoding systems
- automated tube/plate labelers
- inventory tracking
- Google Workspace tools

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