PacBio is looking to develop products and stabilize chips manufacturing processes using reagents and various plasma conditions.
Requirements
- Use SEM and AFM to understand surface topography of chip design
- Functionalize surface of chips with different chemicals
- Use of FTIR spectroscopy, HPLC, LCMS, and NMR
- Optimize cleaning protocol on chips (solvent, plasma)
- Detection and analysis of biomolecules (protein and DNA) using novel semiconductor-based biosensors
- Chip sample analysis by fluorescence spectroscopy
- Apply DOE (Design-of-Experiment) mentality to develop and optimize a process
Responsibilities
- Prepare well plates containing above protein-DNA samples, sequencing reagent plates, and SMRT cells, and load them into company instrument.
- Set up instrument to execute DNA sequencing assay and compile data.
- Work on assembly duties from biosensor wafer through packaging.
- Operate plasma tool to clean surfaces of wafers and various substrates (silicon, glass, aluminum, titanium nitride).
- Assist with functionalization of biosensor with organic polymer coating.
- Operate contact angle goniometer tool and measure water contact angle and thickness of organic polymer coating deposited on biosensor surface.
- Upload different types of experimental data, perform custom and statistical analysis, generate data plots, and summarize findings, and perform other duties as required.
Other
- At least a master's degree in bioengineering, materials science or a related field
- At least 6 months in position offered or in scientist research role, chips
- Reference Checks
