LIGHTCAST DISCOVERY is looking for employees for positions:
senior engineer
Trade
medical Technician
Medical Technician
Responsibility
our mission is to push the boundaries of complex cell analysis
using the Lightcast platform we are working with major pharmaceutical companies and leading academic institutes
technical lead on the design ownership, drive design & prototyping of microfluidic devices
fluid mechanics / flow analysis driven design using theoretical or published knowledge
design and performing experiments to evaluate & iterate the device design systematically to meet customer needs
developing improvements to the Lightcast microfluidic devices
about the role
developing test, metrology and QC techniques that span from R&D to production
senior engineer
Responsibility
our mission is to push the boundaries of complex cell analysis
using the Lightcast platform we are working with major pharmaceutical companies and leading academic institutes
technical lead on the design ownership, drive design & prototyping of microfluidic devices
fluid mechanics / flow analysis driven design using theoretical or published knowledge
design and performing experiments to evaluate & iterate the device design systematically to meet customer needs
about the role
developing improvements to the Lightcast microfluidic devices
developing test, metrology and QC techniques that span from R&D to production
service manager
Responsibility
our mission is to push the boundaries of complex cell analysis
using the Lightcast platform we are working with major pharmaceutical companies, leading academic institutes, and innovative biotechnology leaders
embrace an early-stage start-up environment where a culture of learning, passion, involvement, and team success matter to you most
initially support all pre-commercial customers and collaborators, while acting as critical engineering liaison between R&D/Manufacturing and customer
support logistics of systems, parts, and tools as required to meet delivery and service needs of the customers
establish required processes, toolsets, and reporting to manage the company's service response in a controlled, highly responsive, and complete manner
together, using our next generation microfluidic platform, we are making advances towards new science, unique clinical approaches, new therapies, and innovative products
create, publish, and deliver required certifications for instrument use in customers sites
Requirements
bachelors degree or equivalent in science, engineering, or related field
5 years customer facing field-based experience as a service engineer or related profession
laboratory technician
Responsibility
instrument and assay testing
perform maintenance of platform fluidics & optics
wet testing of microfluidic products
preparation of reagents
prepare platform for experiments, supporting Applications team
wet test new platform features
keep experimental and maintenance records and write up documentation
collaboration and planning
Requirements
optics
microfluidics
assay development
excellent teamworking skills
product marketing manager
Responsibility
analyse and monitor competitors
payroll administrator
Working hours
part-time
Responsibility
checking the accuracy of company-wide payroll data
adding new employees to the system
dealing with employee requests and answering payroll enquiries
calculating P11D information for submission to bureau
coordinating production of documents such as P45, P60, and P11D
overseeing pension auto-enrolment, updates to contributions and monthly upload to pension provider
administering leaver processes
assisting with Statutory Sick Pay, Maternity Pay, Student loans etc
technical support engineer
Responsibility
installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of software, hardware and cloud-based services
keep accurate IT records and up to date documentation as when required
performing system administration tasks for backups, security and storage
contribute ideas to improving levels of service
providing IT support across all areas of the business. Predominantly face to face in the Cambridge office but including some remote support
Requirements
networking
windows, Linux and Active Directory administration
microsoft 365 administration
scripting using PowerShell, Bash or Python
virtualization technologies such as Hyper-V, VMWare or similar
senior mechanical engineer
Responsibility
product development and testing
designing new mechanical, optical and fluidic scientific instrument assemblies
developing machined parts, weldments, electromechanical components, fittings and plastic moldings
designing new mechatronic systems to integrate with the scientific instrument platform
work on human factors and DFx tasks
devising system tests, validation tests and metrology experiments
testing instrument performance
system integration tasks
systems engineer
Responsibility
product development and testing
testing and integrating new mechanical, optical and fluidic scientific instrument assemblies
working with machined parts, weldments, electromechanical components, fittings and plastic moldings
working with our microfluidic consumable product
designing new test experiments, verification and validation activities and debug processes
testing instrument performance
system integration tasks alongside the software, microfluidics and biology teams
collaboration and planning
manager
Working hours
full-time | Part-time
Responsibility
annual merit based pay reviews
bonus / commission
market benchmarking
developing reward structures for the commercial organisation
delivery of data and insights into our reward program
preparation and delivery of Annual Reward statements
benefit administration
leading on the design and delivery of employee wellbeing activities