# Senior Research Associate (Contractor)

**Company**: Freenome
**Location**: Brisbane, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

About this opportunity:

At Freenome, we are seeking a Senior Research Associate to help grow our Genomics Assay Development team.

The ideal candidate will work to develop assay technologies for our multiomic platform manually and on robotic platforms.

You will develop, characterise, verify, and validate clinical-grade assays to measure complex, blood-based analytes (e.g., whole-genome sequencing of cfDNA).

You will work cross-functionally with Research & Development teams, automation and process engineering, computational science, and clinical operations to develop and transfer NGS-based assays in a regulated, high-throughput environment.

Must haves:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, or a related field with at least 4 years of professional experience in the life sciences.

- Experience executing verification and validation studies for IVD assays in a regulated laboratory environment (GLP).

- Hands-on experience in Next-gen sequencing (NGS) based assay development including extraction, library preparation, target capture, and sequencing.

- Familiarity with molecular biology, genomics, NGS, assay development, sample preparation, reagent handling, or related laboratory workflows (e.g. plasma separation processes, DNA/RNA extraction, purification, and quantification, NGS library preparation).

- Experience designing, planning, and executing successful experiments, interpreting results, preparing data for review, and giving effective scientific presentations.

- High attention to detail and ability to record accurate and detailed observations, assess impact, and perform troubleshooting as required.

- Ability to manually pipette with high confidence, accuracy, and precision.

- Clear and proactive communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with team members in the same and adjacent disciplines.

- Strong organisational skills and the ability to contribute the design and implementation of new processes.

Nice to haves:

- Experience in working with with methylated ctDNA/cfDNA as an analyte in liquid biopsy workflows.

- Experience with automated liquid handlers, laboratory information systems, sample tracking systems, and equipment scheduling/status tools.

- Familiarity with programming in a scientific programming language (e.g., Python or R).

Additional information:

Contractors may be hired through a third-party provider and will be considered contingent workers.

We invite you to check out our career page @ freenome.com/job-openings/ for additional company information.

Freenome is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity.

Freenome does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.

- Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

- Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

#LI-ONSITE

## Skills

### Required
- molecular biology
- biochemistry
- genetics
- Next-gen sequencing (NGS)
- assay development
- sample preparation
- reagent handling
- laboratory workflows
- plasma separation processes
- DNA/RNA extraction
- purification
- quantification
- NGS library preparation

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