Would you like to be part of a dynamic and exciting team delivering high level performance that has a direct impact on the lives of cancer and rare disease patients worldwide? Join the SOPHiA GENETICS’ Quality Control team as a Lab Technician.

Our Mission

We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in healthcare and our cloud-native AI powered SOPHiA DDM Platform makes that vision a reality on a daily basis. You will have direct input to our mission to democratize data-driven medicine for the ultimate benefit of cancer and rare disease patients across the globe.

Your Mission

As a QC Lab Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and accuracy of NGS experiments by conducting quality control tests. The QC Lab Technician prepares all types of analysis for Quality Control of SOPHiA GENETICS Bundled solutions, and contributes to Laboratory management ensuring compliance.

The value you add:

• Prepare NGS libraries for QC activities
• Performing sample preparation for NGS experiments, including DNA and RNA extraction, quantification, and quality assessment.
• Collaborating with other team members and other departments to troubleshoot and help solving technical issues related to quality control.
• Assisting in the ongoing development and optimization of quality control protocols and SOPs.
• Document experiments on electronic lab book (e.g. Slims, Jira…)
• Maintaining compliance with laboratory safety and quality control standards such laboratory equipment management

Requirements

• CFC, BA, MSc degree in a relevant scientific discipline (Molecular Biology, Biochemistry etc)
• Minimum 2 Years experience within a molecular biology laboratory ideally utilising NGS Techniques.
• Proficient in the use of laboratory equipment, such as pipettes, centrifuges, and thermal cyclers.
• Working experience within a lab quality function highly beneficial, with knowledge of SOPs and quality control protocols
• Familiarity with NGS library preparation protocols and sequencing technologies.

Benefits

You will be joining an organisation with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we drive exponential growth.

Business recognition and accolades include:

• World’s most innovative companies (Top 10)
• World’s smartest companies (Top 50)
• 100 Best Places to Work in Boston
• Top 10 European Tech Startup – 2020
• Top 10 European biotechs startup to watch – 2021
• Top 25 East-Coast Biotech to watch – 2021

Plus, you will find :

• A flexible, friendly, and international working environment with a collaborative atmosphere
• An exciting company mission that brings together science and technology to directly impact the lives of patients with life threatening illness.
• A fast-growing company with plenty of opportunity for personal growth and development
• A hard technical challenge to solve with exciting modern technology – cloud computing, Big Data, DevOps, machine learning

The Process

Apply now with your CV and any supporting information.

Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholder from across the business.

Location: Rolle, Switzerland. Office-based

Start: ASAP (or as agreed)

Contract type: Permanent, full-time