Lab Automation Associate

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Vital Biosciences Inc. Full time

The science team at Vital is seeking a passionate and creative person to fill the role of lab-automation technician. We're looking for a teammate proficient in the programatic thinking, maintaining equipment, preparing high-quality reagents and buffers, and performing various biochemistry laboratory technique.

As an Automation Technician at Vital, you will be working with the R&D team to develop automation routines for and validate of our next-generation assays.

The role will involve substantial bench work to troubleshoot and optimize the protocols for automating our next-generation assays. We are constantly optimizing our lab to help push science forward at unprecedented rates. You will be expected and encouraged to actively contribute to our product development direction, and present novel procedural and scientific concepts that will positively impact all aspects of Vital's operations.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Write scripts to run various assays across our menu
- Optimize liquid handling robots to achieve precision, linearity, and mínimal run time for our full menu of assays
- Execute and document experiments
- Build and tune a library of liquid classes that can be drawn from for assay development
- Work with remote and on-site consultants to push liquid handlers to their limits
- Develop SOPs for maintenance of the devices
- Develop work instructions for running the protocols you create
- Quantitatively analyze and communicate results to fellow scientists and non-science members of the company
- Analyze our clinical samples in an FDA-compliant manner
- Help the scientific team develop and achieve goals to meet ambitious deadlines
- Maintain stocks of required chemical reagents from established suppliers
- Manage multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Communicate effectively to peers and leadership to support decision-making, including writing protocols and summarizing results in a report or presentation.

**What you'll need**:

- Bachelor's or master's degree in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, bioengineering, or related field
- Experience with execution of experiments in a wet lab (at least 6 months)
- Meticulously organized
- Competency in biochemistry and chemistry
- Ability to communicate results and concepts clearly to fellow scientists
- Experience maintaining an academic or industrial research laboratory
- Some successful research laboratory experience in a relevant field of study
- Experience with conducting experiments on, or maintaining instruments listed above
- Ability to multi-task, handle frequently changing job functions, and rapidly learn new techniques and approaches.

**Bonus points for**:

- Ability to write and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Prior experience working in a fast-paced, start-up environment
- Experience with liquid handlers (Tecan, Hamilton, Gilson, OpenTrons, etc.)
- Appreciation of puns

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