{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"cfca85c1e5a5f5b0f97ee866","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cfca85c1e5a5f5b0f97ee866","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cfca85c1e5a5f5b0f97ee866","title":"Method Development Scientist","description":"Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.\nWorking at Abbott\nAt Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:\nCareer development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.\nEmployees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.\nAn excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.\nTuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.\nA company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.\nA company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.\nThe Opportunity\nThis position works out of our Santa Rosa, CA location in the Toxicology Business Unit in Rapid Diagnostics at Abbott. This role is on site daily.\nThe person hired in this role will be developing LC-MS-MS methods for the determination of drugs and metabolites in urine and oral fluid specimens. This role will also be instrumental in providing new testing options and accurate and timely test results to our clients.\nWhat You’ll Work On\nPerform method development for new and existing assays\nTransfer method to method validations team\nTroubleshoot existing analytical methods\nAuthor, review, and verify validation protocols and reports\nSupport production team with high-throughput analytical testing.\nAnticipate, recognize, and resolve complex technical issues through job knowledge, use of technical resources and well formulated, logical experimentation\nAdvance the technical capabilities of the department by evaluating, recommending and implementing new technologies to meet business needs.\nAuthor quality and regulatory test method documents.\nManage analytical projects\nPresent project results and recommendations to senior management\nProvide guidance (scientific and administrative) for junior analytical scientists\nProactively and cooperatively communicate with peers and management to ensure awareness of progress and issues; recommend solutions when issues arise\nFollow, understand and comply with SOP’s and policies on GLP’s and safety.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in chemistry, biochemistry or related discipline.\n6 years of similar work experience\nWide application of technical principles, practices, and procedures.\nStrong understanding of business unit function and cross group dependencies/relationships.\nWill perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.\nWorks on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.\nExercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.\nHas a sound knowledge of various technical alternatives and their impact.\nRelated work experience with a strong understanding of specified functional area.\nPreferred Qualifications\nPh.D. in Analytical Chemistry or related discipline with 1 year of commercial toxicology laboratory experience.\nAt least 6 months hands-on experience in LC-MS/MS method development and validation for pharmaceuticals in biological specimens\nRecent experience with Sciex (Analyst, Multiquant, Sciex OS) software and instrumentation.\nRecent experience in method validation of forensic toxicology techniques in accordance to published ANSI/ASB 036 or other published forensic toxicology standards.\nExperience with Hamilton Nimbus/STAR automation platforms\n2 or more years of LC-MS/MS hands-on experience in LC-MS/MS method development and validation for pharmaceuticals in biological specimens.\nLearn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/\nFollow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.\nConnect with us at abbott.com, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AbbottCareers.\n\nThe base pay for this position is $90,000.00 – $180,000.00. 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Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.\nWorking at Abbott\nAt Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:\nCareer development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.\nEmployees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.\nAn excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.\nTuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.\nA company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.\nA company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.\nThe Opportunity\nThis position works out of our Santa Rosa, CA location in the Toxicology Business Unit in Rapid Diagnostics at Abbott. This role is on site daily.\nThe person hired in this role will be developing LC-MS-MS methods for the determination of drugs and metabolites in urine and oral fluid specimens. 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