Dexcom
Staff Membrane Formulation Scientist
San Diego, California · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$142k-$236kDetected 15 days ago
PythonMATLABData AnalysisStatisticsSEMRecruitingMicroscopyMedical DevicesResearchExperimental DesignMass SpectrometryCommunicationCollaborationOrganizational Skills
About the role
- The Company Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).
- Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed.
- That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges.
Responsibilities
- You will define and develop formulation strategies for new biosensing modalities, maintaining relevant domain expertise and driving formulation excellence
- You will design and develop thoughtful DOE and testing protocols conducive to generation of rapid insights on structure-function behavior
- Plan and execute experiments, identify critical variables and design trade-offs, screen and down-select formulation candidates for form-fit-function on targeted applications while maintaining a manageable business / commercial risk profile
- Document experimental details and analysis, author technical reports, present results to a wide audience of stakeholders, including progress reports, design reviews and phase exits
- Verify that performance objectives have been met via pre-clinical and clinical evaluations of novel designs
- Design and develop formulation-related validation protocols such as formulation process, formulation pot-life and shelf-life, lead the validation execution and author final reports
- Identify, procure, and qualify critical raw materials and manage vendors to support formulation development and commercialization
- Perform chemical synthesis and modification on identified lead candidates
- Partner with design teams to align on design requirements, and develop and test new sensor prototypes
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 8-12 years related experience or Master's degree and 5-7 years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 2-4 years experience.
- Travel Required:
Nice to have
- Experience with formulation chemistry and membrane separation engineering
- Hands on experience with polymer synthesis and modification is highly desirable
- Experience with experimental design& planning, assay development, statistics, DOE techniques, data analysis methods and software (JMP, Python, or Matlab preferred)
- Experience with thin-film measurement (morphology, thickness)
- Highly organized and detailed oriented
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), collaboration, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent work ethic, ability to deal with ambiguity/uncertainty, and willingness to learn
- Proven ability to work hands-on in a fast-paced environment
Compensation
- $141,800.00 - $236,400.00
Benefits
- A full and comprehensive benefits program.
- Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
- Education and Experience:
Company info
- To forever change how diabetes is managed.
- To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes.
- Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry.
- And we're just getting started.
- We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health.
- Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).
- As a key member of the material science group within Dexcom's research and development organization, the Staff membrane and formulation scientist is responsible for developing and validating novel membrane designs and formulations to support next generation biosensor products.
- The Staff Scientist is expected to have clear understanding of the technical and business challenges associated with medical device material component product development and will be responsible for developing, validating, and implementing technical solutions that meet the objectives.
- In this capacity, the staff scientist will work cross functionally to drive the creation and maintenance of design requirements, down select formulation chemistry, develop and validate design/process to final specification, identify and mitigate risks, interface with external partners and collaborate with internal stake holders to drive the project to completion.
- A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
- Growth opportunities on a global scale.
Equal opportunity
- The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
- An Equal Opportunity Employer.
This listing is sourced directly from Dexcom's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.