Senior Microbiologist

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Microbiologist to join our team at TE Connectivity. As a key member of our process development team, you will work closely with engineers to create quality control processes and transfer them into operations.

As a subject matter expert in infectious disease IVD product development, you will lead all quality control related to antibiotic resistance testing and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in vitro diagnostic product manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain bacterial stocks by preparing and isolating antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, establishing processes, and performing validations.
• Perform incoming QC procedures of bacterial stocks on bacterial culture materials, prepare bacterial cultures for testing and long-term storage, and monitor bacterial stocks for antibiotic resistance.
• Create SOPs and processes for handling, plating, culturing, storing, and manipulating BSL1 and BSL2 antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains.
• Monitor and train laboratory staff in microbiological processes with strict adherence to quality standards and good laboratory practices.
• Create, implement, and monitor processes for QC final release testing with bacterial strains for IVD products.
• Perform laboratory analysis on materials after appropriate sterilization, perform tests on component samples, identify any contamination, conduct analysis, and initiate corrective measures.
• Analyze and interpret QC data from AST IVDs to monitor for trends or issues.

Requirements:

• PhD in microbiology, medical or clinical microbiology, virology, clinical laboratory sciences, molecular biology, biochemistry, or similar background with at least 1-2 years of experience with microbiologic techniques.
• Or, Master's degree with 3-5 years of experience.
• Or, Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in similar fields.
• Proficient in standard biology laboratory techniques, such as laboratory math, micropipetting, pH, buffer preparation, etc.
• Experience with antibiotic resistance and/or antimicrobial susceptibility testing strongly preferred.
• Experience with bioanalytic and molecular biology techniques also preferred (ex. HPLC, mass spectroscopy, RT-PCR, NGS, ELISA, etc).