Contract
Posted Sep 18, 2026
40–42 an hour
Job Description
Scientist with Mammalian, Cell Culture, Imaging, Cell-Based Assays, Troubleshooting and Assays Development Experience (Onsite Job in Thousand Oaks, CA)
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
Terms: Contract W2
Duration : 12 Months Contract (Will Get Extended for Long)
Description:
Schedule: Monday–Friday, approximately 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Relocation: Candidates requiring relocation may be considered, provided they are willing to relocate at their own expense.
Job Details
The ideal candidate is a hands-on scientist with strong experience developing, optimizing, troubleshooting, and executing cell-based assays using mammalian cell culture systems. Rather than simply having routine cell culture experience, the team is particularly interested in candidates who have used cell-based models to answer research questions, develop assays, generate relevant readouts, and evaluate compounds. Strong candidates may bring experience with imaging, plate-based assays, flow cytometry, cell-line development, reagent development, or compound testing and should demonstrate the scientific thinking necessary to troubleshoot challenging experiments and generate high-quality, interpretable data. Industry or postdoctoral experience is highly desirable, but the team is flexible on degree level and total years of experience when the candidate has strong, relevant technical capabilities. Candidates should be comfortable in a highly hands-on, execution-focused role where project priorities may shift and where they will work against established project objectives rather than independently setting the research direction.
Skill Sets:
1. Mammalian cell culture: Strong hands-on experience generating, maintaining, and characterizing engineered/stable mammalian cell models.
2. High-content imaging: Hands-on experience with high-throughput/high-content fluorescence imaging, including Opera/Opera Phenix or comparable platforms, assay setup, image acquisition, and quantitative image analysis.
3. Confocal and cell-based assays: Strong experience with confocal microscopy, fluorescence-based cellular assays, experimental troubleshooting, and quantitative data analysis.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Maintain and characterize mammalian cell cultures and engineered cell models; generate new stable/transduced cell lines as needed; execute and optimize cell-based assays; perform fluorescence microscopy and flow-cytometry experiments; support molecular/cellular biology workflows; analyze and document experimental data in ELNs; troubleshoot experimental workflows; maintain appropriate cell stocks and reagents; and collaborate with scientists across project teams to execute prioritized experiments.
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
Terms: Contract W2
Duration : 12 Months Contract (Will Get Extended for Long)
Description:
Schedule: Monday–Friday, approximately 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Relocation: Candidates requiring relocation may be considered, provided they are willing to relocate at their own expense.
Job Details
The ideal candidate is a hands-on scientist with strong experience developing, optimizing, troubleshooting, and executing cell-based assays using mammalian cell culture systems. Rather than simply having routine cell culture experience, the team is particularly interested in candidates who have used cell-based models to answer research questions, develop assays, generate relevant readouts, and evaluate compounds. Strong candidates may bring experience with imaging, plate-based assays, flow cytometry, cell-line development, reagent development, or compound testing and should demonstrate the scientific thinking necessary to troubleshoot challenging experiments and generate high-quality, interpretable data. Industry or postdoctoral experience is highly desirable, but the team is flexible on degree level and total years of experience when the candidate has strong, relevant technical capabilities. Candidates should be comfortable in a highly hands-on, execution-focused role where project priorities may shift and where they will work against established project objectives rather than independently setting the research direction.
Skill Sets:
1. Mammalian cell culture: Strong hands-on experience generating, maintaining, and characterizing engineered/stable mammalian cell models.
2. High-content imaging: Hands-on experience with high-throughput/high-content fluorescence imaging, including Opera/Opera Phenix or comparable platforms, assay setup, image acquisition, and quantitative image analysis.
3. Confocal and cell-based assays: Strong experience with confocal microscopy, fluorescence-based cellular assays, experimental troubleshooting, and quantitative data analysis.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Maintain and characterize mammalian cell cultures and engineered cell models; generate new stable/transduced cell lines as needed; execute and optimize cell-based assays; perform fluorescence microscopy and flow-cytometry experiments; support molecular/cellular biology workflows; analyze and document experimental data in ELNs; troubleshoot experimental workflows; maintain appropriate cell stocks and reagents; and collaborate with scientists across project teams to execute prioritized experiments.
Additional Details
- City
- Thousand Oaks
- State
- California
- Country
- US
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