Senior Development Scientist

Waters Corporation is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science. 

Senior Development Scientist

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a dynamic team responsible for the R&D, on market support and CI activities of IVD products. The team is responsible for a diverse range of activities including analytical development, product development, verification and validation and on-market support.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Lead product development team, supervise laboratory work for product development staff. Train and mentor new technical staff. 
• Plan and perform design verification and analytical validation studies in the laboratory for In Vitro Diagnostics products meeting the guidance documentation e.g CLSI. 
• Troubleshoot atypical results and lead investigations to identify root cause. 
• Develop, test and refine prototype products.
• Generate test protocols, review and analyze results, and generate V&V reports per current applicable technical guidelines and the quality management system requirements.
• Plan day to day activities, ensure sufficient supplies of materials to carry out tasks etc and organise all proficiency testing within the laboratory.
• Carry out work in accordance with defined processes and laboratory procedures.
• Ensure that all work is compliant within the existing quality processes.
• Perform investigative work as required by the organization to support reagent kits
• Maintain detailed experimental records.

Qualifications

Education:

• A degree in a scientific subject with a strong chemistry component and / or equivalent years’ experience in industry.

Experience:

• Proven experience of working in a laboratory with analytical equipment such as HPLC or UPLC. Practical experience of LC/MS/MS would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of the design control process and/or with demonstrable effective experience in a development role (5 years+ ideally)

Competencies:

• Be highly goal-oriented and organized and be able to thrive in an atmosphere of shifting demands and priorities.
• Be able to work independently and as a member of a cross-functional team, to multi-task and prioritise to meet high expectations and tight deadlines.
• Must be results oriented and highly focused.
• Have technical writing and reviewing skills.
• Have excellent attention to detail. Traceable recordkeeping and ability to write and follow standard operating procedures / methods. Ability to work on one owns initiative and to adhere to GLP.
• Be self-driven and flexible who can allocate time and resources efficiently, effectively prioritize, and continually seek ways to improve individual and corporate efficiency.
• Excellent documentation and communications skills- Possess excellent oral and written communication skills as well as technical writing and reviewing skills.

Travel (If Applicable): 

• Travel internationally as required by the business for training, method transfer and attendance at Clinical sites and conferences.