Clinical Blood Biochemist/Microbiologist at Biomedical Diagnostics Startup

Job Description

We are a Boston-area biomedical diagnostics startup company seeking a Clinical Blood Biochemist/Microbiologist to join our team.

Your mission will be to apply your biochemistry and microbiology expertise in support of developing rapid clinical diagnostics. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team spanning many fields of expertise, from medical microbiology to machine learning, you will take the lead designing, executing, and interpreting experiments involving blood-borne pathogens and biochemical growth conditions—helping advance diagnostics that improve patient outcomes around the globe.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in biochemistry, microbiology, or a related life sciences field
• 2+ years of wet-lab experience, ideally in a BSL2 and/or clinical laboratory setting
• Hands-on experience with microbial culturing, gram staining, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing
• Experience designing and conducting experiments involving growth of bacteria and fungi in blood and/or blood-derived growth media
• Deep understanding of blood chemistry, including pH, blood additives (e.g. anticoagulants), and blood components (molecular and cellular)
• Skilled in preparing and managing blood cultures and growth assays for clinically relevant organisms
• Excellent documentation habits and experience writing and maintaining SOPs and lab protocols
• Strong organizational and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Commitment to accuracy, quality control, and laboratory safety standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting or working alongside clinical microbiologists in a diagnostic or research setting
• Familiarity with laboratory instrumentation for microbial growth and analysis (e.g. incubators, anaerobic chambers, spectrophotometers)
• Experience with fungal identification or culturing in clinical matrices
• Exposure to automated microbial identification tools or molecular platforms (e.g. MALDI-TOF, BioFire)
• Familiarity with basic programming or data analysis tools (Python, R, Excel macros, etc.)

Particulars

• Company headquarters: Beverly, MA; on-site work preferred
• Competitive salary and equity compensation package
• Comprehensive health benefits and flexible paid time off

Why Join Us?

You could take your training and experience to a big-name institution or multinational—but if you’d rather be on a close-knit team of innovators who actually build and ship life-saving technologies, you might find your home here. You’ll be a core part of a team that values creativity, urgency, precision, and purpose.

If that resonates, please send a short (~250-word) cover letter and resume/CV to careers@astradx.com. Feel free to include any links to lab notebooks, GitHub, protocols you’ve authored, or other relevant work.

Note: Your cover letter should include:

• Why you’re interested in this particular role and company (~100 words)
• One experiment, technique, or scientific idea you’ve come across recently that you found fascinating (~100 words)

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