Position Responsibilities:
As a Scientist 2 within Illumina’s Reagent Sciences team, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary research and development team to create new sequencing methods and further Illumina’s technology. You will play an important role in the research and development of new reagents and sequencing consumables with the world-class performance, stability, and robustness characteristics that our customers require. Scientist 2 employees are expected to be able to execute experiments autonomously and be technically proficient. They should be able to execute assigned tasks with oversight as well as troubleshoot procedural problems that may arise. In addition, learning new skills or proposing novel solutions are strongly encouraged.
As a junior scientist of the Reagent Sciences (Singapore) team, you will collaboratively drive the design and development of high-quality consumable reagents for Illumina sequencing platforms. As Illumina technology continues to grow, you will be a key contributor within multidisciplinary teams tasked to enhance performance and robustness across our entire reagent platform. Your colleagues will count on your technical proficiency and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams to solve complex problems and work on reagent stability issues. You will leverage your experience in biochemistry, enzymology or biochemical engineering to determine the critical parameters for reagents function, stability, and performance, particularly for enzyme-based reagents.
To work as part of the Reagent Sciences team:
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Under supervision, designs and performs experiments of moderate to advanced complexity using a broad array of physical and chemical techniques
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Summarizes and reports consistent conclusions, and generates recommendations for follow up experiments and may suggest alternate strategies
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Makes detailed technical observations and documents them in laboratory notebooks and confluence pages, etc.
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Take responsibilities for lab processes such as equipment ownership and contribute towards the successful lab operations
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Write technical reports and communicate effectively to local leadership
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Be a strong team member within multi-disciplinary teams
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Employ and explain statistical methods to drive decisions
Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.