Senior Research Associate

THE COMPANY:

Juul Labs's mission is to transition the world’s billion adult smokers away from combustible cigarettes, eliminate their use, and combat underage usage of our products. We have the opportunity to address one of the world’s most intractable challenges through a commitment to exceptional quality, research, design, and innovation. Backed by leading technology investors, we are committed to the same excellence when it comes to hiring great talent.

We are a diverse team that is united by this common purpose and we are hiring the world’s best engineers, scientists, designers, product managers, operations experts, and customer service and business professionals. If the opportunity to build your career is compelling, read on for more details.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Research Associate to join the Regulatory Biology team. The position is a hands-on, laboratory-based role that will be responsible for helping to biologically characterize Juul Labs products and next generation prototypes. In this role, you will perform novel in vitro experiments to biologically characterize Juul Labs products to further product research and development activities.

The successful applicant will work closely with a diverse team of scientists in the Juul Labs Regulatory Chemistry & Chemistry Innovation groups. We are looking for someone who is flexible, can work independently, and can respond quickly and enthusiastically to challenges and change. Applicants should be detail oriented and able to perform precise biological work including:

• Conduct biological characterization of liquids and aerosols associated with electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
• Conduct regular, established biological assays to support product development.
• Develop new methodology for characterizing our products.
• Write and execute SOPs and maintain a record of results.

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS or MS with hands-on lab experience and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a laboratory setting to include basic laboratory procedures such as weighing, quantitative transfer, and volumetric dilutions required.
• Hands-on experience in aseptic cell-culture techniques required.
• Experience with plate-based assays (fluorescence, luminescence, and/or absorbance) required.
• Experience with cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and/or mutagenicity testing preferred.
• Experience with bacterial cell culture a plus.
• Experience in method development a plus.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office & statistical software (e.g., Graphpad Prism) a plus.
• Self-motivated with strong communication skills.
• Excellent data management.

EDUCATION:

• BS/MS in Biology, Biochemistry, Cell/Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, or related field

JUUL LABS PERKS & BENEFITS:

• A place to grow your career. We’ll help you set big goals - and exceed them
• People. Work with talented, committed and supportive teammates
• Equity and performance bonuses. Every employee is a stakeholder in our success
• Cell phone subsidy, commuter benefits and discounts on JUUL products
• Excellent medical, dental and vision, disability, and life insurance, plus family support, wellness, legal, and employee assistance program benefits
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Plus biannual discretionary performance bonuses

Juul Labs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse andinclusive work environment for all employees and job applicants, without regard to race, color, religion,sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteranstatus. Juul Labs also complies with applicable employment eligibility verification requirements. Allapplicants must have the authorization to work for Juul Labs in the country of employment. #LI-Onsite