TEMP-Lab/Research Support (Biomedical Engr, GT/Emory)

Job Details

• Job Title: TEMP-Lab/Research Support (Biomedical Engr, GT/Emory)
• Location: Atlanta, Georgia
• Regular/Temporary: Temporary
• Full/Part Time: Full-Time
• Job ID: 297324

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University.

Location: Atlanta, GA

Department Information

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University has a student body of 1,200 undergraduates, 260 graduate students, and 70 primary and 73 program faculty. In 2023 US News Graduate Program Rankings placed the department as the #1 ranked department in BME in the United States and our Undergraduate Program as the # 2 department in the United States. Since its beginning, the unique partnership between two of the nation's leading public and private entities has been an innovation engine for research and education. Combining the engineering and medical strengths at Georgia Tech and Emory, we are focused on solving some of the toughest problems facing our state, the nation, and the world. We are a diverse and international community of faculty, students and staff who promote equity, diversity, and inclusion on our campuses.

Job Summary

Provide support services in the operation and maintenance of an academic or research laboratory to include performing analyses; setup, operation, maintenance and cleaning of equipment; and maintaining stock of supplies. Specific duties will be determined based on assignment and unit needs. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: academic and/or research faculty members, staff and students This position typically will advise and counsel: lab users This position will supervise: NA

Responsibilities

• Job Duty 1 - Setup, operate and maintain instruments and other equipment used in performing lab tests and experiments.
• Job Duty 2 - Order supplies and materials as required; maintain records.
• Job Duty 3 - Setup laboratory media/equipment for demonstrations.
• Job Duty 4 - May clean instruments, glassware and other lab equipment.
• Job Duty 5 - Prepare and process laboratory samples for use in assigned tests.
• Job Duty 6 - Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
High school diploma, GED Certificate or Vocational School Diploma

Required Experience
Up to two years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Immunology, or related field.
• At least 1 year of laboratory experience in wet-lab techniques.
• Hands-on experience with Luminex/xMAP assays (strong advantage).
• Experience with:
  • Handling human biological samples
  • Basic statistical analysis
  • Laboratory information management
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS
This job requires working knowledge in the use of instrumentation and other lab equipment, laboratory processes and procedures specific to assigned lab. Skills in inventory management and the use of specialized computer applications is required.

Contact Information

Pedro Marcal
The Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
pmarcal3@gatech.edu