By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
Pay Range:
$40,300.00 - $66,250.00Position Summary:
Perform routine quality control testing to determine lot status and product release for the ProteinSimple capillary electrophoresis basis systems, including iCE and SimpleWestern. This position is responsible for planning, executing, and managing activities in the ProteinSimple liquid and lyophilized reagent QC process to ensure that all applicable objectives are met, and the product functions as expected. To be successful in this role candidate needs to be skilled in analytical techniques for analysis of biological assays. This position interfaces with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Product Support, Assay Development and Quality Assurance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Run QC assays for reagents and consumables, analyze results, and review trending data
- Precise and meticulous observation and recording of all details of QC assay, which are not limited to but including: lot numbers, expiration dates, and physical observations of materials
- Revise SOPs of low complexity
- Initiate deviation and out-of-specification investigations
- Keep a clean and organized workspace
- Maintain inventory of reagents and consumables needed to perform QC assays
- Participate in continuous process improvements efforts
- Understand and follow appropriate lab protocols
- Chemical handling and hazards
- Labeling
- Safety procedures
- Department specific SOP’s
- Proper use and maintaining equipment
- Follow guidelines and comply with all company safety, quality, and training procedures and regulations
- Perform additional duties as assigned
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering or similar science degree with 0-2 years of laboratory experience.
- Associates degree or non- scientific bachelor’s with 2+ years’ relevant experience working in a quality position for a GMP or life science related industry.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to pipette and perform techniques like electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, and western blotting
- Basic understanding of electrophoresis techniques and data analysis.
- Work independently with minimal supervision on routine tasks and follow priorities set by supervisor
- Experience with MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, JMP, GraphPad Prism
- Flexibility to work on multiple tasks with increased effectiveness
- Strong organizational skills with an attention to detail and quality
- Ability to support and help others in the team
- Manages time well and will put in extended time as needed
- Understanding of basic statistical principles
Why Join Bio-Techne:
- We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
- We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
- We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
- We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
- We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
- We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.
This position requires work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (e.g., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant work status). If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or take part in any other stage of the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, or a similar science discipline with 0-2 years of laboratory experience
- Alternatively, an associate degree or non-scientific bachelor's degree with 2 or more years of relevant quality experience in a GMP or life sciences industry
- Ability to pipette and perform electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, and western blotting
- Basic understanding of electrophoresis techniques and data analysis
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, JMP, and GraphPad Prism
- Understanding of basic statistical principles
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail and quality
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision on routine tasks
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively
- Work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship
Bio-Techne Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Bio-Techne and has not been reviewed or approved by Bio-Techne.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical and dental coverage are often regarded as strong, with core health benefits broadly available across U.S. roles. Day-one eligibility and comprehensive options are described as a relative bright spot even when pay sentiment is mixed.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and volunteer time are emphasized alongside flexible scheduling. Work-life balance elements are seen as strengths relative to base-pay concerns.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Quarterly or semi-annual bonuses and eligibility for annual cash incentives add meaningful upside for many salaried roles. Structured plans such as a Management Incentive Plan reinforce predictability of variable pay.
Bio-Techne Insights
What We Do
Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality purified proteins and reagent solutions - notably cytokines and growth factors, antibodies, immunoassays, biologically active small molecule compounds, tissue culture reagents, and cell and gene therapy workflow solutions including T-Cell activation technologies. Bio-Techne’s portfolio also includes protein analysis solutions, sold under the ProteinSimple brand name, that offer researchers efficient and streamlined options for automated Western blot and multiplexed ELISA workflow. These reagent and protein analysis solutions are sold to biomedical researchers, as well as clinical research laboratories, and constitute the Protein Sciences Segment. Bio-Techne also develops and manufactures diagnostic products including FDA-regulated controls, calibrators, blood gas and clinical chemistry controls, and other reagents for OEM and clinical customers. Bio-Techne’s genomic tools include advanced tissue-based in situ hybridization assays (ISH) for research and clinical use, sold under the ACD brand, as well as a portfolio of clinical molecular diagnostic oncology assays including the ExoDx®Prostate (IntelliScore) test (EPI) for prostate cancer diagnosis. These diagnostic and genomic products comprise Bio-Techne’s Diagnostics and Genomics Segment. Bio-Techne products are integral components of scientific investigations into biological processes and molecular diagnostics, revealing the nature, diagnosis, etiology and progression of specific diseases. They aid in drug discovery efforts and provide the means for accurate clinical tests and diagnoses. With thousands of products in its portfolio, Bio-Techne generated approximately $714 million in net sales in fiscal 2019 and has over 2,200 employees worldwide.
