Research Associate 2

Perform routine laboratory equipment maintenance as defined in standard operating procedures

Recognize equipment and instrument malfunctions and escalate to R&D equipment support team and relevant team members

Track sample inventory and status using Laboratory Information Management Software or Google Sheets

Maintain accurate records of lab work using a variety of softwares including Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, and internal databases

Periodically review standard operating procedures (SOP) and other work instructions

Ensure accurate, ethical, and appropriate management of samples in compliance with all applicable federal regulation

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

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Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

The Research Associate 2, performs laboratory procedures of varying complexity contributing to cross functional activities as part of the RUO Oncology Team, a multidisciplinary team within the research and development department.

Normalize plasma samples.

Extract nucleic acids from whole blood, plasma, tissue blocks using automated and manual extraction methods

Perform library preparation for nextgen sequencing using automated and manual methods

Determine quantity and/or quality of nucleic acids using Quant-IT, Qubit, Nanodrop, BioAnalyzer, and qPCR

Load libraries onto next generation sequencing platforms ( NovaSeq, iSeq, Miseq, etc)