# Product Development - Research Associate 2 / Sr. Research Associate

At Personalis, we are transforming the active management of cancer through breakthrough personalized testing. We aim to drive a new paradigm for cancer management, guiding care from biopsy through the life of the patient. Our highly sensitive assays combine tumor-and-normal profiling with proprietary algorithms to deliver advanced insights even as cancer evolves over time. Our products are designed to detect minimal residual disease (MRD) and recurrence at the earliest timepoints, enable selection of targeted therapies based on ultra-comprehensive genomic profiling, and enhance biomarker strategy for drug development. Personalis is based in Fremont, California. Summary: In this role, you will collaborate with a multidisciplinary R&D team of scientists, assay developers, and clinicians to plan, execute, and analyze cutting-edge oncology solutions. You will provide hands-on NGS equipment operation and library preparation using real-world samples to develop novel precision medicine products used by pharma, biotech, and clinical partners. Responsibilities Assay & Workflow Execution: Support R&D scientists in developing, optimizing, and validating novel oncology assays and workflows. S

- **Id**: 871009
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/personalis-product-development-research-associate-2-sr-research-associate>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Fremont, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-22T02:54:24Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T20:05:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 80
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4504
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Genomics & Genetic Testing

## Company

- **Id**: 687704
- **Name**: Personalis
- **Domain**: personalis.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/personalis-2>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Salary

- **Min**: 85000
- **Max**: 115000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 115000

## Technologies

- **Next-Generation Sequencing** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 80

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-13T17:11:28Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 6

## Liveness

- **Score**: 28
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.787
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 80
- **Expected fill days**: 51
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 115000
- **Is top pay**: no

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