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Senior Clinical Laboratory Associate / Equipment Engineer (Contract)

Palo Alto, CA💼 Contract🗓 2026-08-17 → 2026-09-25

Core

Manage equipment lifecycle, operational support, and pre-analytical/analytical lab operations for a clinical laboratory developing blood-based cancer detection tests.

Role type

Senior Clinical Laboratory Associate / Equipment Engineer

Builds

Reliable laboratory infrastructure and scalable clinical products for cancer detection

Domain

Healthcare diagnostics / Clinical Laboratory / Fragmentomics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

laboratory equipment maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, SOP development, equipment qualification, inventory management, regulatory compliance documentation, project management, technical aptitude

Preferred skills

high-complexity laboratory experience, clinical laboratory science background

Technologies

Sapio, centrifuges, liquid handlers, sequencers, barcode scanners, printers

Responsibilities

Maintain equipment management program and inventory; qualify, maintain, and troubleshoot lab processing equipment; coordinate installation, maintenance, and repairs; execute qualification protocols and documentation; support pre-analytical and analytical testing phases; train laboratory personnel; manage lab supplies and reagents; lead training of new staff; support lab scale-up planning.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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