Tech Transfer Scientist

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. 

The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. 

The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. 

The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. 

With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries!

We are looking for someone to join our Tech Transfer team in a role that involves working within a team tasked with improving and preparing new platforms or updates of existing Oxford Nanopore patforms for release into production.

The Details...

This role involves working in the Tech Transfer team to run pilot lines of automated component cleaning which is crucial for successful product performance.

The purpose of the work within this team is to identify and assess areas of improvement within the processes and to address those areas identified prior to releasing the product to the production team. In addition, this role will provide ongoing support on established product lines while also introducing iterative improvements across those established lines.

This role will also involve co-ordinating and delivering complex projects involving cross functional stakeholders ranging from development efforts to understand and resolve fundamental requirements of projects, scale up and activities related to continuous improvement of processes through to successful implementation into the production team. 

What We're Looking For...

We'll expect you to have a degree in a suitable scientific subject and to have several years of industry experience with relevant lab-based skills, preferably in a scale-up environment.

The role will suit someone who is a very good communicator, who is enthusiastic and willing to learn. It will also suit someone who is motivated to achieve results and works well to deadlines. 

We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary. 

If you are looking to utilise your skills to really make a difference to humankind, then consider joining our team and apply today!

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

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