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Compensation
$48/hr
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Schedule
Temporary
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Scientist I will work on a small production team manufacturing reagents for R&D staff. The role includes reagent production and quality control, documentation and database work, and support for scale-up activities. The candidate will also help distribute reagents and manage inventory. The position requires on-campus laboratory work in Santa Clara.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Wet Lab Techniques, requiredpH Measurement, requiredConductivity Measurement, requiredOsmolality Measurement, requiredColorimetric Analysis, requiredDocumentation, requiredAnalytical Skills, requiredTroubleshooting, requiredCritical Thinking, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredOral Communication, requiredWritten Communication, requiredWork Instructions, nice to haveBatch Records, nice to haveStandard Operating Procedures, nice to haveLiquid Handling, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, or Related, required1+ Years Equivalent Experience, requiredLift 25+ Lbs, required

Full job description

$48 - $48

JOB TITLE: Scientist I

LOCATION: Santa Clara, CA 95050

DURATION: 6 Months with possible ext. or FTE

JOB DETAILS:

We are a highly technical team of people working with the Axelios sequencing platform. We are looking for a highly motivated, passionate, and team-oriented individual with some laboratory and documentation experience. As part of the activity, the candidate will be responsible for promptly and accurately entering final production records into the database system. The candidate will help check and edit all previously entered documents from the Production group. The candidate shall also perform lab work and will help in reagent generation and product QC. The individual must be flexible and have experience working in a highly dynamic, rapidly changing environment. Careful, meticulous laboratory execution and documentation are also a requirement.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The candidate will work as part of a small production team manufacturing reagents. In this role, the individual will help edit and document work instructions, batch records, and test methods. The candidate will support reagent scale-up activities, labeling, aliquoting, documentation, database maintenance, QC protocol writing, and specification setting. Along with the group, the candidate will also manufacture reagents for the R&D staff. The ability to communicate with a wide range of functions, skills, and backgrounds is highly desired.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

  • Reagent production, QC, aliquoting, and labeling

  • Editing and updating batch records, QC methods, and work instructions

  • Entering batch records and test results into a database

  • Distributing reagents to internal customers and managing stock inventory

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • B.S. with 1 - 2 years of equivalent experience in biochemistry, chemistry, molecular biology, or related discipline

  • Working knowledge of wet lab techniques, including pH, conductivity, and osmolality measurements and colorimetric analysis.

  • Demonstrated meticulous documentation capabilities

  • Demonstrated strong analytical skills with methodical approaches to troubleshooting

  • Experience in writing and following Work Instructions, Batch Records, and Standard Operating Procedures is a plus

  • Demonstrated critical thinking and meticulous attention to detail

  • Strong oral and written communication skills are a must

WORKING CONDITIONS:

  • This position requires on-campus presence and work in a laboratory environment

  • Must be able to lift 25 lbs.

  • Role involves sustained periods of precision liquid handling and other repetitive laboratory tasks

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,083 open Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$48/hr
  • California median$35–38/hr25 hourly ranges
  • US median$33–40/hr99 hourly ranges

This rate, $48/hr, is 31% above the California median midpoint ($37/hr) — in the middle half of Scientist hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 397 open Scientist jobs in California and 2,083 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,577 postings).
Education
983 of the 2,083 open Scientist jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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