Job Title: Scientist Senior

Location: Thousand Oaks CA 

Duration: 6 Months

• The ideal candidate is a hands-on analytical scientist with strong HPLC and small-molecule pharmaceutical experience, a solid foundation in analytical method development and testing, and the ability to quickly contribute in the lab.
• They should be able to clearly communicate their technical work, think through scientific problems, and work effectively within a collaborative team.

• With minimal supervision, plans, conducts or monitors experiments, records and organizes data, analyses results, generates robust and reliable data and/or Ensures that contracted studies are conducted in compliance with the respective protocol and applicable guidelines and regulations.
• Responsibilities include: Monitors or follows established experimental design and protocols and performs routine tasks and studies to obtain reproducible and reliable results with limited supervision.
• Plans, monitors or conducts, analyzes and records experiments, and provides interpretation of data. Effectively transfers experimental methods from literature to the lab and makes modifications as necessary.
• Develops and implements new protocols with moderate review.
• Engages coworkers in scientific discussions.
• Communicates data and interpretation to work group. Skilled at developing systems to ensure quality data.
• Skilled and/or knowledgeable in the use of standard laboratory equipment and with one or more major
• laboratory instruments/techniques.
• Effectively trouble-shoots equipment and experimental difficulties. Contributes to internal/external reports, papers, presentations, regulatory documents, invention disclosure submissions and/or patents.
• Participates in department-wide support efforts such as safety, recruiting and committees.
• May train staff and/or supervise others.
• Coordinates and organizes resources needed to complete the task. Understands when to seek input and when to make independent judgments

• Master’s degree with approximately 3–5 years of relevant experience preferred
• PhD candidates with directly relevant analytical research/industry experience are acceptable
• Bachelor’s candidates may be considered with approximately 10+ years of highly relevant experience
• Local candidates preferred, but candidates willing to relocate independently can be considered