Careers

Job Title:

Scientific Grant Writer

Reports to:

Manager, Product Innovation

Status:

Full-time

Location:

Research Triangle Park, NC.

Duties:

• Work closely with technical and business staff in developing / transforming ideas into SBIR / STTR (and other) grant proposals that support EpiCypher’s innovative product development strategy.
• Draft high-quality written grant applications; translate scientific abstracts into lay terms.
• Manages deadlines / deliverables and keeps all involved parties on schedule.
• Project management of proof-of-concept studies.
• Maintain comprehensive and up to date knowledge of platform technological advances and particular market areas involved in identifying and soliciting grants.
• Assist with maintenance of databases and/or reference libraries.
• Assist with pre- and post-award documentation for grant supported research.
• Assist with assembling scientific and marketing documents as necessary.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• PhD in biology, biochemistry, other life science, or relevant background. Postdoctoral fellows with grant writing experience and strong background in chromatin biology or genomics is preferred.
• Minimum of 1-year scientific writing experience, preferably in a healthcare / research / academic environment.
• Proven experience writing grants, including NIH (e.g. R43, R44, R21, R01, F32, etc.) or DoD proposals.

Additional Requirements:

• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to distill complex scientific information for scientists with diverse backgrounds.
• Consistently meet deadlines and drive toward specific goals under minimal supervision.

Compensation:

Competitive salary commensurate with experience and performance incentives. Generous benefits package will be included.

Job Title:

Scientist, Technical Sales and Support

Reports to:

Director of Sales

Status:

Full-time

Location:

Research Triangle Park, NC.

Duties:

• Candidate’s primary responsibility will be providing customer-facing technical sales support to drive growth of EpiCypher’s diverse catalog products and services.
• Demonstrate technical credibility in consultations with customers on technical support questions, product applications and service project/assay designs.
• Act as a technical liaison between external customers, KOLs, collaborators, partners and internal R&D, services and manufacturing teams.
• Develop and present product training presentations for customers and global distributors.
• Deliver technical talks highlighting key value propositions in person, through webinars, video posts and at conferences and tradeshows.
• Work with product management, R&D, marketing and field sales to develop and execute sales strategy and tactics.
• Partner closely with Sales Executives to generate, qualify, quote and close sales opportunities.
• Additional technical sales and support-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Masters or PhD in Biology, Biochemistry or a related field with two or more years post-graduate research. Candidates with experience or knowledge of chromatin biology and epigenetics will be strongly considered. Prior employment in a commercial sales setting preferred but not essential.
• Prior employment in a commercial science setting strongly preferred.
• Solid scientific background (including a strong conceptual understanding of epigenetics) and the ability to rapidly gain working knowledge in new fields. Proven track record with ChIP - NGS (or comparable genomic technologies) is huge plus.

Additional Requirements:

• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to distill complex scientific information for scientists with diverse backgrounds.
• Consistently meet deadlines and drive toward specific goals under minimal supervision.

Compensation:

Competitive salary commensurate with experience and performance incentives. Generous benefits package will be included.

Job Title:

Research Scientist I – III (appointment level based on experience)

Reports to:

Director, Genomic Technologies

Status:

Full-time

Location:

Research Triangle Park, NC.

Duties:

• Candidate will be directly responsible for both next NGS data analysis and conducting related wet lab experiments (CUT&RUN, ChIP-seq, etc).
• In addition, candidate will manage data backups, perform custom data analyses and communicate same to customers.
• Candidate will develop, validate and update best-practices pipelines for ChIP-seq, epigenetics and related methods.

Required Qualifications:

• PhD with 2+ years of both dry and wet lab experience.
• Prior employment in a commercial science setting strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Linux, setting up servers, installing packages, bash scripting, etc.
• 2+ years of Python programming, data visualization, ability to read and modify source code required.
• Basic Molecular Biology skills, and ability to conduct next-gen sequencing methods (CUT&RUN, ChIP-seq, etc) are essential.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to work toward specific goals under minimal supervision.
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and team skills.
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines.
• Superior communication and organizational skills.
• Experience working with public NGS datasets and consortia.

Compensation:

Competitive salary commensurate with experience and generous benefits package.

Job Title:

Research Associate I – III (Bioinformatician / NGS Data Analyst)

Reports to:

Director, Genomic Technologies

Status:

Full-time

Location:

Research Triangle Park, NC.

Duties:

• Candidate will be directly responsible for the analysis of next generation sequencing data (e.g. CUT&RUN, ChIP-seq, etc).
• In addition, candidate will manage data backups, perform custom data analysis for customers, and deliver sequencing analysis packages to customers.
• Candidate will also develop, validate and update best-practices pipelines for ChIP-seq, epigenetics and related methods.

Required Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related field with two or more years data analysis experience (or MS with at least one year).
• Prior employment in a commercial science setting strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in the Linux OS, installing packages, bash scripting, etc are required.
• 2+ years of Python programming, data visualization, ability to read and modify source code strongly preferred.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to work toward specific goals under minimal supervision.
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Programming skills are a definite plus.

Compensation:

Competitive salary commensurate with experience and generous benefits package.

Job Title:

Research Associate II – III (appointment level based on experience)

Reports to:

Research Scientist

Status:

Full-time

Location:

Research Triangle Park, NC.

Duties:

• Candidate will be directly responsible for expression, assembly, and purification of DNA and protein-based products to maintain and develop our catalog of epigenetic research reagents.
• Candidate will also be responsible for troubleshooting, tracking, and optimizing lot to lot yields, and will contribute to the overall manufacturing, research & development, and services deadlines of the company.
• Candidates must be self-motivated and work equally well as an individual and part of a team.

Required Qualifications:

• BS +3 or MS +1 years of research lab experience directly related to protein production.
• Prior employment in a commercial science setting strongly preferred.
• Broad scientific background, including the ability to rapidly gain working knowledge in new fields.
• Proven track record with molecular biology and biochemical approaches for the manipulation, amplification, and purification of DNA as well as E. coli based recombinant protein expression and purification (e.g. ÄKTA FPLCs, Agilent HPLC, affinity purification and chromatography) strongly preferred.
• Baculovirus expression in insect cells a definite plus.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to work toward specific goals under minimal supervision.
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Compensation:

Competitive salary commensurate with experience and generous benefits package.

Job Title:

Research Associate I – III (Protein Production Specialist)

Reports to:

Research Scientist

Status:

Full-time

Location:

Research Triangle Park, NC.

Duties:

• Candidate will be directly responsible for troubleshooting and executing a variety of tasks, meeting deadlines, and contributing to product development / manufacturing and services delivery.
• Candidate must be self-motivated and work equally well as an individual and part of a team.

Required Qualifications:

• BS with two or more years research lab experience, or MS with at least one year.
• Prior employment in commercial science strongly preferred.
• Broad scientific background, including the ability to rapidly gain working knowledge in new fields required.
• Proven track record with basic molecular and biochemical approaches for DNA / RNA / Protein are strongly preferred.
• Experience with bioconjugation, flow cytometry and/or bead-based assays (e.g. ALPHA-, TR-FRET or Luminex) would be a definite plus.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to work toward specific goals under minimal supervision.
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Compensation:

Competitive salary commensurate with experience and generous benefits package.