Staff Scientist (immunology)

Company Description

The QIMA story

At QIMA, we are on a mission to offer our clients smart solutions to make products you can trust.

Operating in over 100 countries, we serve the consumer products, food, and life sciences industries and help more than 30,000 brands, retailers, manufacturers, and growers achieve quality excellence.

We combine on-the-ground expertise with digital solutions that bring accuracy, transparency and intelligence for quality and compliance data.

What sets us apart is our unique culture. Our 5,000 Qimers live and make decisions every day by our QIMA Values. With client passion, integrity, and a commitment to making things simple, we disrupted the Testing, Inspection, and Certification industry. Are you ready to hop on this exciting ride with us and help us achieve our mission?

QIMA Food is dedicated to helping every member of the global food supply chain ensure the safety and quality of food products, as well as safe working conditions and sustainable practices. With inspections, audits and certifications, we support food growers, producers and retailers, as well as businesses in food service and hospitality, securing their food products' journey from farm to shelf and fork.

Job Description

In our warm and welcoming company, you will have the joy of taking on these tasks:

• Organize the work packages for each assigned project in order to meet deadlines under the supervision of a Team Leader
• Build scientific knowledge in regards to the topics relevant for each assigned project
• Conceive, design and independently execute assays
• Establish and validate new techniques
• Critical and professional data analyses, and interpretation
• Supervise and train technicians
• Critical and professional project documentation following internal QM guidelines
• Perform statistical analysis and presentation of data with appropriate software (e.g. Excel, GraphPad Prism, FlowJo)
• Professionally prepare milestone reports and manuscripts
• Provide project updates to Team Leader and/or Chief Scientific Officer
• Participating in scientific lab meetings and the organization of workshops
• Proposing new innovative techniques
  
  

Qualifications

• Completed training as PhD in a relevant discipline
• 2+ years post-doctoral or industry experience
• Strong hands-on experience in dermato-immunology
• Proven expertise in FACS, RNASeq, Immunohistochemistry, cytokine array or ELISA, or RT-qPCR
• Publication of at least two peer-reviewed first author paper in an international life sciences journal
• Providing the list of publications and 3 reference letters in the application
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English (Company language: English)
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team as well as to lead and motivate assigned personnel
• Excellent organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize work in order to meet tight deadlines
• Flexibility
  
  

Additional Information

What we offer:

• Company bonus package
• Reimbursement of extra hours by leisure time
• Flexible working hours
• Yearly bonus
• Dynamic and inclusive work environment with diverse and passionate colleagues
• Excellent learning and development opportunities to expand your skills and knowledge
• Team building activities, company outings, and parties to build camaraderie
• Participation in team and project management, leading to leadership opportunities.
• A temporary contract with the possibility of extension and eventually unlimited contract
• Stable, long-term employment with an individual career plan
• A company culture that values respect, diversity, and social responsibility
• Advanced technology in a modern workplace