# Technician II, Surface Chemistry

**Company**: Ultima Genomics
**Location**: Fremont, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: contract
**Salary**: $26/hour - $29/hour
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Ultima Genomics is a rapidly growing life sciences technology company that develops ground-breaking genomics technologies to drive the scale of genomic information and enable advances in biology and human health.

We are looking for a highly motivated Technician II, Surface Chemistry to join our team. As a Technician II, Surface Chemistry, you will play a critical role in the production and development of critical reagents that will have a major impact on the medical and life science fields.

**Responsibilities**

- Synthesize novel particle formulations in aqueous media

- Conduct process optimizations to ensure final formulations conform to internal specifications with respect to downstream performance, stability, and reproducibility

- Independently execute various reactions, assays, QCs, and experiments to characterize the physicochemical properties of new and established particle formulations

- Spend most working hours in the lab (90% lab work, 10% computer work)

- Work in a multidisciplinary environment comprising chemists, biochemists, molecular biologists, and engineers to drive toward company goals

- Other duties as assigned

**Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge & Abilities**

- Minimum AA/AS degree in chemistry, biochemistry, bioengineering, chemical engineering, materials science, or a closely related field, with relevant hands-on laboratory experience

- 3+ years of relevant work experience. Exceptional new undergraduates with relevant academic research experience will be considered

- Proven hands-on experience working in a wet lab environment in an academic research or industry setting

- Fast learner with a strong sense of urgency, a can-do attitude, and motivation to get the best out of team and co-workers. Loves and thrives in a fast-paced and demanding lab environment

- Proficient and comfortable with the safe use of common chemistry lab equipment and glassware

- Ability to exhibit competency with basic organic chemistry concepts and reactions

- Understands the differentiation and utilization of data-driven deep dives and high-level summaries as well as goal setting

- Highly organized and has outstanding time and operation management abilities

- Excellent communication skills and ability to adhere to company guidelines and policies

- Experience with chemical or biochemical characterization methods, including UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, DLS, flow cytometry, SDS-PAGE, PCR, is a plus

- Previous experience with bioconjugation chemistry and/or surface chemistry or working with micro- or nanoparticle formulations, know-how in polymer chemistry, proficiency in molecular biology and knowledge of protein chemistry is a plus

- Previous experience with TFF, cross-flow filtration, reactor set up, large-scale production, and high cross-functional collaboration is a plus

## Skills

### Required
- chemistry
- biochemistry
- bioengineering
- chemical engineering
- materials science
- organic chemistry
- particle formulations
- process optimizations
- reactions
- assays
- QCs
- experiments
- lab equipment
- glassware

### Nice to have
- bioconjugation chemistry
- surface chemistry
- micro- or nanoparticle formulations
- polymer chemistry
- molecular biology
- protein chemistry
- TFF
- cross-flow filtration
- reactor set up
- large-scale production

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