As a contract employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees. 

Duties

•  Initiates and completes routine in vitro studies in an independent, efficient, and timely manner, with minimal supervision. Interprets the outcome of those experiments and proposes appropriate follow-up; troubleshoots effectively.

• Assists in the design and execution of non-routine cell-based in vitro and biochemical assays; conducts exploratory experiments with minimal supervision.

• Performs literature searches and extracts relevant information from literature and published protocols.

• Independently operates and is responsible for lab equipment; troubleshoots effectively.

• Communicates their own work effectively orally and in writing; contributes to writing protocols, procedures, and technical reports; provides input for scientific reports.

• Reports and treats data with a high level of integrity and ethics. Maintains accurate and up-to-date electronic lab notebooks.

• Complies with applicable regulations, performing all work in a safe and compliant manner; maintains proper records in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures and policies.

Skills

• Experience in aseptic animal tissue culture techniques and basic molecular biology techniques, including nucleic acid extraction, RT-PCR, Western Blot, ELISA, and transfection, is required. Experimental design, execution, and interpretation in these areas will be required. 
• Proficiency with computers and data analysis software such as Microsoft Excel and GraphPad Prism. 
• Proven problem-solving ability and eagerness to learn. Ability to evaluate new technologies and assist in incorporating them into our research. 
• Written and verbal communication skills: concise and accurate reporting of technical data and information 
• Ability and willingness to work effectively in a highly collaborative environment.

Education

Master’s Degree 

or 

Bachelor’s Degree with 3+ years of experience in a related scientific discipline; pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or CRO experience is highly desirable; 

Non-PhD applicant required