Research Associate II - Tissue Engineering

Job Title: Research Associate II

Location: Lexington, MA

Valo Health is a technology company applying human and machine intelligence to accelerate the creation of life-changing medical treatments. At the core of this vision is Valo’s computational platform: an end-to-end, integrated drug discovery and development engine that is being built from the ground up.

Valo hires the best and gives them first-class training and support. If you are driven to perform, you’ll fit right in! We approach our work fearlessly, learn quickly, improve constantly, and celebrate our wins. A centerpiece of our culture is our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience. Diversity fuels the Valo experience and drives us every day. We strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

As a member of our growing team, the Research Associate II will be responsible for performing laboratory-based activities with a high degree of reliability, efficiency, and accuracy in strict accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Quality Management System (QMS) procedure.

• Tissue culture production and analysis:
  • Seed and maintain tissue cultures
  • Prepare reagents
  • Perform imaging-based screening assays
  • Collect, analyze and compile assay results
• Complete checklists, logs and records for SOPs and QMS procedures
• Verify proper function of laboratory equipment
• Maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment
• Maintenance of reagent, supply and equipment inventory

• BS in cell biology, pharmacology, biotechnology, or a related discipline
• Masters students with no lab experience or at least 1 year of experience performing cell/tissue-based assays in an industrial or commercial lab setting including experience with:
  • Microscopy
  • Sterile tissue culture methods
  • Recording and analyzing biological data
• Exceptionally keen attention to detail
• Compliance-oriented, with high respect for the importance of standards, documentation and routine/repetition
• Must be a cross-functional team-player but also be able to work independently, i.e. to be able to achieve results as an individual and achieve results with and through colleagues
• Must be able to multi-task, prioritize, and handle multiple projects at once
• Must be flexible and able to quickly adapt to dynamic working conditions
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Base Salary: $107,000 to $128,000

This range represents the low and high end of the anticipated annual base salary range for the New York City based position. The actual annual base salary will depend on numerous factors such as: experience, knowledge, skills, and if the location of the job changes.

Valo Health, LLC (“Valo”) is a tech­nol­o­gy com­pa­ny built to trans­form the drug dis­cov­ery and devel­op­ment process using human-cen­tric data and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence-dri­ven com­pu­ta­tion. As a dig­i­tal­ly native com­pa­ny, Valo aims to ful­ly inte­grate human-cen­tric data across the entire drug devel­op­ment life cycle into a sin­gle uni­fied archi­tec­ture, there­by accel­er­at­ing the dis­cov­ery and devel­op­ment of life-chang­ing drugs while simul­ta­ne­ous­ly reduc­ing costs, time, and fail­ure rates. The com­pa­ny’s Opal Com­pu­ta­tion­al Plat­form™ is an inte­grat­ed set of capa­bil­i­ties designed to trans­form data into valu­able insights that may accel­er­ate dis­cov­er­ies and enable Valo to advance a robust pipeline of pro­grams across car­dio­vas­cu­lar meta­bol­ic renal, oncol­o­gy, and neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive dis­ease. Found­ed by Flag­ship Pio­neer­ing and head­quar­tered in Boston, MA, Valo also has offices in Lex­ing­ton, MA, San Fran­cis­co, CA, & New York, NY. To learn more, vis­it www​.val​o​health​.com.