At Corteva Agriscience, you will help us grow what's next. No matter your role, you will be part of a team that is building the future of agriculture - leading breakthroughs in the innovation and application of science and technology that will better the lives of people all over the world and fuel the progress of humankind. Plant genotyping is a cornerstone to our breeding organization, requiring multiple platforms and technologies to deliver high quality genotypic results for downstream decisions. The Global Genotyping group, within GCOE, is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Research Associate to join the Controls Team as a Production Support Specialist. In this role, the Controls Team Associate will be hands-on in the development and optimization of both the synthetic and biological control pipelines; control inventory management and maintenance; automation support; and process optimization, supporting multiple genotyping pipelines.

This is a fast paced, deadline and data driven production environment blending science, technology and high throughput production. The successful candidate will be a motivated self-learner with plenty of initiative and possess some combination of knowledge and/or experience in genotyping processes, logistics, inventory management, customer service and high throughput processing.

What You'll Do:

• Assist in the design and validation of plasmid and oligo-based controls
• Source biological material through Controlled Environments and seed request systems
• Procure oligos and gBlocks through preferred suppliers
• Maintain and organize control inventories, ensuring outdated materials are removed and replacements are in place.
• Coordinate supply shipments and local distribution based on demand plans/outlook
• Ability to troubleshoot performance and/or quality issues and conduct root cause analysis
• Support continuous improvement activities
• Participate in projects relevant to the Controls operations space
• Build relationships with global laboratory leads to ensure inventory levels are maintained
• Partner with production teams to ensure control pipelines meet customer needs.
• Coordinate with production teams to balance workloads and participate in automation maintenance. 
• Perform routine lab support tasks, consumable management and restocking, cleaning, and general maintenance.
• Ensure a safe working environment and compliance with CAMS requirements.
• Provide backup support for production platform when applicable

What Skills You Need:

• Bachelor's degree in a life sciences field
• Comfortable working with laboratory information systems and automated platforms.
• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities while maintaining accuracy.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Highly organized with effective time management skills to handle multiple tasks and priorities
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to manage through challenging situations (ex. Quality issues, equipment downtime, staffing shortages, etc.)
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a global matrix environment
• Ability to follow standard SOP's
• Ability to operate liquid handlers, automated PCR machinery, robotic freezers, and other laboratory automation.  
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Detail oriented
• Desire and ability to learn new skills

Preferred Knowledge and Experience:

• Genotyping methods, platforms, processes
• High throughput processing
• Quantitative PCR
• Endpoint PCR
• Plasmids, oligos
• gBlocks
• Molecular Biology techniques
• Controlled Environments/Greenhouse requests
• Seed sourcing
• Lyophilization
• Quality Control/Quality Assurance
• Inventory management
• Sourcing and Logistics
• People and project management
• Customer service

Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.