Slide Surface Chemist UK

Company Description

StatLab Medical Products has been a leader in providing anatomic pathology laboratories with high-quality consumables and labeling/tracking equipment since 1976. With manufacturing sites in the US, UK, and Germany, we ensure a dependable and resilient supply chain for our global customer base. Our customer-centric approach prioritizes reliability, innovation, and quality in every interaction, powered by over 500 dedicated colleagues.

We are seeking a Slide Surface Chemist to join a consumable device development team in developing surface, paint and interface test methods and specifications on microscope slides and cover glass. The chosen candidate will have an opportunity to contribute directly to the long-term success of the products. This candidate will develop deep knowledge of the surface and paint chemistry for all products.

Responsibilities:

• Develop coatings, test/QC methods for microscope slides and cover glass.
• Partner with the chemistry teams to understand surface interactions esp. human tissue, blood and stains.
• Define solid and liquid surface/interface specifications and critical to quality attributes to ensure optimized and consistent analysis performance.
• Establish surface chemistry, microscopy, and analytical methods to measure and optimize functional loading, uniformity and stability.
• Lead strategies development and implementation to optimize critical component surfaces and materials through coatings and functionalization during manufacturing processes and/or staining process.
• Define and develop on-station methods to establish correlation between surface properties and analysis performance and monitor complex consumables on-station quality.
• Development and execution of statistically sound experimentation, characterization and data analysis.
• Support high-priority tasks across the development efforts as needed.
• Effectively communicating findings to different teams/functions across the entire project organization.
• Must live in Dallas, TX, Braunschweig, DE or Newtown, Wales.

Qualifications

• Masters + 3 years, PhD (preferred) + 3 years in Chemistry, Materials Sciences, Engineering, or Natural Science major preferred.
• Strong understanding of surface science and analyses such as XPS, Auger Spectroscopy, AFM, TOF-SIMS, Ellipsometry, Surface Energy/Contact Angle Goniometry and other relevant methods.
• Expert knowledge of chemistry techniques used for nucleic acid/enzyme/other biomolecules manipulation on solid surface/interface, surface chemistry. functionalization/synthesis/coating, and application of molecular moiety surface treatments to modulate biomolecule interactions and fluidic device surface modifications.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience in optimization of functionalization chemistry of solid supports to improve the yield, efficiency, and stability.
• Hands-on experience working with a wide range of materials and complex microstructures: e.g. organic, inorganic, porous, solid, etc.
• Knowledge and experience in statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc).
• Willing to train and mentor team members to enable best practices.
• Creative problem solving skills with an emphasis on product development.
• Ability to work independently and with others as a team.
• Exceptional detail-oriented execution of job function required.
• Strong communication skills in a project and cross multiple functions setup.