Research and Development Engineer, Mass Spec
Synthego
Redwood City, CA, USA
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2023
Synthego is enabling genome engineering at scale with a blend of scientific instrumentation, and data science. Our team of scientists and engineers are putting multidisciplinary fields together to solve problems that no one field can tackle alone.
The R&D Engineer will join our Chemistry Development team to be a key contributor in providing support, equipment reliability, run maintenance programs for LC/MS and HPLC systems. The scope of the job includes handling all our QTOF mass spec, HPLCs, and UPLCs instrumentation and associated equipment. The ideal candidate should be able to identify failure modes and implement corrective and preventive actions to improve equipment reliability. Although the primary responsibility is support and maintenance of analytical equipment, this role provides a great opportunity to grow into an analytical scientist. This role will report to the Analytical Scientist of Chemistry Development group.
What You'll Do:
- Perform the repair, preventative maintenance, qualification, and validation of QTOF mass spec, HPLCs, and UPLCs systems and associated equipment.
- Provide guidance for test methods, new equipment, sample plan definition, and validation development.
- Maintain a service schedule, track repair tickets, manage spare parts inventories, and create accurate service reports.
- Respond to repairs and failures in a timely manner. Identify and document failures, their root causes, and corrective actions.
- Monitor equipment performance and determine appropriate reliability steps to improve equipment uptime.
- Provide guidance and decisions on product development activities to ensure compliance with internal procedures and applicable regulatory or international standards.
- Interface with vendors where necessary. Document findings and recommendations with the objective of implementing process improvements.
- Analyze inspection findings to determine source of problem and recommend repair, replacement, or other corrective action.
- Ready to learn and take up some new analytical chemistry projects focusing on ESI-MS.
About You:
- Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or scientific discipline and/ or equivalent experience.
- 1-3 years hands-on experience as a Service Engineer preferred, particularly working with analytical instrumentation.
- 1-3 years hands-on experience with Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry instrumentation (LC/ MS)
- Ability to recommend and implement sustainable improvements across the organization.
- Strong communication skills
- High degree of attention to detail
- Experienced with analytical method development and validation preferred.
Nice to Have:
- GMP work experience
- Oligonucleotide synthesis and characterization, especially HPLC and LC/MS
- Some knowledge in Python coding and scripting
- Experience in Mass Spec especially (QTOF)
- Experience in HPLCs
Company Perks & Benefits:
- Generous equity
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401k Program
- Subsidized catered lunches and dinners with a fully stocked kitchen & snacks
- Onsite Gym
- Daily Shuttle bus to & from San Francisco
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible paid time off
- Learning and Development resources
About Us
Synthego is a genome engineering company that enables the acceleration of life science research and development in the pursuit of improved human health.
The company leverages machine learning, automation, and gene editing to build platforms for science at scale. With its foundations in engineering disciplines, the company’s platforms vertically integrate proprietary hardware, software, bioinformatics, chemistries, and molecular biology to advance basic research, target validation, and clinical trials.
By providing both commercial and academic researchers and therapeutic developers with unprecedented access to cutting-edge genome engineering, Synthego is at the forefront of innovation, accelerating the development of truly engineered biology.
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