Senior Research Associate (Contractor)

Freenome
Brisbane
Workplace: OnsiteContractFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Experience: 4+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Attention to detail"]

Senior-level contributor in Freenome’s Genomics Assay Development team, focusing on developing and validating NGS-based clinical-grade assays for cfDNA and other analytes. Collaborates across R&D, automation, computational science, and clinical operations to transfer protocols to production, while ensuring cGLP/cGDP practices in a high-throughput regulated environment.

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Freenome
3 months ago

Senior Research Associate (Contractor)

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Job Summary

Senior-level contributor in Freenome’s Genomics Assay Development team, focusing on developing and validating NGS-based clinical-grade assays for cfDNA and other analytes. Collaborates across R&D, automation, computational science, and clinical operations to transfer protocols to production, while ensuring cGLP/cGDP practices in a high-throughput regulated environment.
Location: Brisbane
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and validate DNA-based assays using genome-wide and targeted NGS approaches in a regulated setting.
  • •Design and execute mission-critical experiments to optimize assay performance and document results.
  • •Create and manipulate assay inputs using biological samples and contrived reagents as required.
  • •Gather high-quality data, take detailed notes, and communicate lessons learned from experiments.
  • •Perform data analysis, prepare summaries, and present results cross-functionally.

Key Requirements

  • •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.
Experience:4+ yearsGenomicsNGSLife sciencesClinical diagnostics
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingAttention to detail
Languages:English
Tech Stack:NGSGenomicsDNA extractionLibrary preparationTarget capture

Company Brief

Freenome
Develops blood-based early cancer detection tests by combining cell-free DNA analysis, genomics, and machine learning to identify cancer signals for screening and diagnosis, aiming to enable earlier, noninvasive detection across multiple cancer types.
Industry: Diagnostics
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: South San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2014
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