# R&D Specialist II

**Company**: Crop Science
**Location**: Chesterfield
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $60,000.00 to $90,000.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

R&D Specialist II

Bayer seeks an R&D Specialist II to join our Biotechnology R&D department in Chesterfield, Missouri. As an R&D Specialist II, you will collaborate with team members to deliver plant genotyping targets under defined deadlines, identify opportunities for system or process improvements, operate automation, and perform experiments.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with team members to deliver plant genotyping targets under defined deadlines

- Identify opportunities for system or process improvements

- Operate automation and perform experiments

- Deliver daily/weekly plant genotyping targets

- Have primary or shared responsibility for molecular biology laboratory technology

- Accountable for cross-functional work in multiple platforms/process areas

- Solve problems, optimize workflows, validate methods using multiple data sources, and use specialized scientific techniques to conduct experiments and recommend process improvements

- Adhere to established protocols and techniques while operating and troubleshooting instrumentation

- Prioritize and coordinate work while maintaining detailed record keeping and required documentation

- Achieve commitment to safety and adherence to safety protocols and best practices

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree

- Strong molecular biology acumen and wet laboratory skills with the ability to independently design/execute experiments and analyze data

- Ability to work second shift (Monday through Friday from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM), with the potential for flexibility following training

- This is a lab role, with >90% of duties involving wet lab duties and responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications:

- Master's degree

- Degree in Biology, Molecular Biology, or related life sciences area

- One or more years of relevant experience in academia or industry

- High-throughput laboratory automation experience with mechanical aptitude for operating and troubleshooting automation

- Prior experience communicating scientific data and lab-related issues to partners and key stakeholders

- Experience with library creation processes for Next Generation Sequencing

- Proficiency with data analysis and visualization software

Additional Compensation:

- Salary between $60,000.00 to $90,000.00

- Bonus or commission (if relevant)

Benefits:

- Health care

- Vision

- Dental

- Retirement

- PTO

- Sick leave

Note: Salary range is an estimate and may vary based on an applicant's location, market data/ranges, an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

## Skills

### Required
- molecular biology
- wet laboratory skills
- experiment design
- data analysis
- instrumentation operation

### Nice to have
- high-throughput laboratory automation
- mechanical aptitude
- communication
- library creation processes
- Next Generation Sequencing
- data analysis and visualization software

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