Senior Research Associate

Juul Labs's mission is to transition the world’s billion adult smokers away from combustible cigarettes, eliminate their use, and combat underage usage of our products. We have the opportunity to address one of the world’s most intractable challenges through a commitment to exceptional quality, research, design, and innovation. Backed by leading technology investors, we are committed to the same excellence when it comes to hiring great talent.

We are a diverse team that is united by this common purpose and we are hiring the world’s best engineers, scientists, designers, product managers, operations experts, and customer service and business professionals. If the opportunity to build your career is compelling, read on for more details.

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Research Associate to join the Regulatory Biology team. The position is a hands-on, laboratory-based role that will be responsible for helping to biologically characterize Juul Labs products and next generation prototypes. In this role, you will perform novel in vitro experiments to biologically characterize Juul Labs products to further product research and development activities.

The successful applicant will work closely with a diverse team of scientists in the Juul Labs Regulatory Chemistry & Chemistry Innovation groups. We are looking for someone who is flexible, can work independently, and can respond quickly and enthusiastically to challenges and change. Applicants should be detail oriented and able to perform precise biological work including:

• →Conduct biological characterization of liquids and aerosols associated with electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
• →Conduct regular, established biological assays to support product development.
• →Develop new methodology for characterizing our products.
• →Write and execute SOPs and maintain a record of results.

• BS or MS with hands-on lab experience and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a laboratory setting to include basic laboratory procedures such as weighing, quantitative transfer, and volumetric dilutions required.
• Hands-on experience in aseptic cell-culture techniques required.
• Experience with plate-based assays (fluorescence, luminescence, and/or absorbance) required.
• Experience with cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and/or mutagenicity testing preferred.
• Experience with bacterial cell culture a plus.
• Experience in method development a plus.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office & statistical software (e.g., Graphpad Prism) a plus.
• Self-motivated with strong communication skills.
• Excellent data management.

• BS/MS in Biology, Biochemistry, Cell/Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, or related field