# Senior Associate Scientist I

Duties: The Senior Associate Scientist will support activities related to biologics/vaccine development programs and is an experienced individual contributor who operates with a high degree of independence across the full lifecycle of laboratory projects. This individual is recognized as a technical expert in one or more scientific domains, takes ownership of complex experimental work, and plays a key role in mentoring junior staff and driving project-level decisions. This role bridges hands-on laboratory execution with growing scientific leadership and cross-functional influence. This role is responsible for executing routine and non-routine analytical assays using modern analytical techniques, maintaining laboratory equipment and materials, and supporting overall laboratory operations in compliance with company safety and quality standards. The position requires demonstrated hands-on laboratory experience, strong technical execution, and the ability to work independently on routine tasks while supporting more complex development activities. When seeking supervisorial input on difficult decisions, this role must be able to come prepared with proposals/options and underlying ration

- **Id**: 4051450
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/planet-pharma-senior-associate-scientist-i>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Carlos, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T01:52:34Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T19:01:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1789
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4467183
- **Name**: Planet Pharma
- **Domain**: planet-pharma.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/planet-pharma>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 12
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 5
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T01:52:34Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 3; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 36
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.361
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 5
- **Reasons**: conf:3, agency, stale_co, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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