Scientist

You + Helix

Helix is a place where innovators and doers gather in order to drive significant progress in population genomics. We have come together to work at the intersection of clinical care, research, and genomics.  

If you’re excited by the idea of making a meaningful impact and joining a team where we pride ourselves on driving innovation through fostering an environment with an emphasis on empowering one another to grow, Helix might be the place for you!

Helix + The World

Our end-to-end population genomics platform enables health systems, life sciences companies, and payers to advance genomic research and accelerate the integration of genomic data into routine clinical care. We support all aspects of population genomics from recruitment to translational research and help our partners use genomics to improve health outcomes, increase patient engagement, and lower costs.   Leading health systems, including Renown Health, AdventHealth, and Mayo Clinic, use our population genomics platform to power some of the world’s largest and fastest-growing population genomics initiatives.

For the COVID-19 public health crisis, Helix has built one of the nation’s largest COVID diagnostic labs and has been on the leading edge of national viral surveillance efforts tracking B.1.1.7 and other viral strains.  

We are searching for a highly motivated and team-oriented Scientist to support a wide variety of molecular biology, biochemical, and extraction techniques to support projects focused on our Exome+ as well as viral infection assays. As a Scientist at Helix, you will work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment to develop robust, scalable assays, where you will design and execute experiments with the overall goal of providing results that will be used for assay development.

As a Scientist, Research & Development you will:

• Develop and optimize molecular assays and processes for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for use in a high throughput clinical laboratory. 
• Design and execute experiments related to NGS assay
• Provide technical leadership in the transfer of new processes and products from R&D to clinical production. 
• Design and execute experiments for process improvement of current assay in clinical production
• Construct and execute controlled experiments to optimize processes to achieve commercial levels of stability, robustness, and performance. 
• Use systematic problem-solving methods to troubleshoot complex issues related to assay quality, stability and robustness. 
• Help to establish best practices for assay development in compliance with clinical lab quality regulations.
• Document plans, processes and results accordingly. 
• Perform analyses of experiments, processes, identify gaps and deficiencies. 
• Present clear and concise written and oral communications to colleagues and supervisors, lead and/or participate in technical meetings, and provide recommendations based on technical results. 
• All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

Required background:

• PhD or foreign degree equivalent in Biological Science or related plus 1 year related experience
• Will accept a Master’s degree or foreign degree equivalent in Biological Science or related plus 4 years of experience in lieu of PhD + 2
• Molecular biology background is essential, such as experience in PCR, qPCR, DNA and RNA work

Highly Desirable:

• NGS background including library preparation and sequencing is advantageous

What Helix has to offer you

Aside from working alongside brilliant, dedicated, passionate, down-to-earth, curious, and thoughtful people, we also provide great benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
• Health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision
• 12 weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave
• 4 weeks of paid Pregnancy Disability Leave
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Weekly COVID testing is required for this position; this is done on site at the Helix office where the position is based.
• Helix provides personal protective equipment for all team members including gloves, face masks, lab coats, hand sanitizer.