# Senior Research Associate V

Duties: Independently performs complex laboratory studies, analyzes data, troubleshoots methods and supports development activities. Client is looking for a highly skilled, motivated, and talented contractor to join the Vaccine Product Development organization as a Senior Associate Scientist (contract) within Protein Development and Clinical Manufacturing. The contractor will play a key role in executing and maintaining the plate-based analytical methods that measure protein concentration and quality for cell-free protein synthesis raw materials and in-process intermediates. The successful candidate will be the primary operator for the lysate ELISA and Bradford assays, support method qualification and critical reagent management, and apply these methods to process characterization studies. This position is for a scientific role which will be lab based, and will require excellent scientific judgment, independence, precise and consistent data generation and thorough record keeping. Skills: 10+ years laboratory experience Perform sandwich ELISA (RNA synthetase and RNA polymerase lysates) and Bradford total protein assays on raw material lysates and in-process samples to support proces

- **Id**: 4051449
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/planet-pharma-senior-research-associate-v>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: senior
- **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**: 10
- **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**: 3433
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Biotechnology, Natural Resources

## Company

- **Id**: 4467183
- **Name**: Planet Pharma
- **Domain**: planet-pharma.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/planet-pharma>
- **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

## Technologies

- **Benchling** — Optional: no
- **ELISA** — Optional: no
- **HPLC** — Optional: no
- **Western Blot** — Optional: no

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: 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:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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