Research Associate

Associate Scientist- Princeton, NJ 

Our Company Story:  www.ricovr.com/about-us

RICOVR Healthcare is an innovative, early-stage biotech start-up dedicated to revolutionizing Point-of-Care and Home-Health diagnostics. Named in the Top 10 of Technology startups in Princeton 2022 and one of Business Insiders Top 26 startups in 2021. Currently, a gap exists between point-of-care and lab-based diagnostics. While existing point-of-care diagnostic technologies are qualitative, lacking sensitivity and accuracy; clinical lab-based technologies are prohibitively expensive and require trained personnel, large equipment, and time-consuming sample analysis. Ricovr Healthcare aims to fill this gap by achieving the sensitivity, accuracy, and quantification of lab-based machines in a portable and low-cost format that enables true point-of-care application for a wide range of health and diagnostic markers.

RICOVR’s platform technology utilizes a novel plasmonic fiber-optic absorbance biosensor (P-FAB) combined with functionalized nanoparticles to enable quantitative immunoassays at the point-of-care. We are at an inflection point in bringing this technology to market and are seeking to expand our scientific team. If you want to be a part of commercializing a new technology at the interface of biology, chemistry, engineering, and healthcare while working with innovative and driven colleagues then you should reach out to us!

As a Scientist at Ricovr Healthcare, you will provide tactical execution on our highest priority initiatives. You will work collaboratively with a diverse team across scientific and engineering disciplines towards launching our first commercial product, including production scale-up and clinical validation studies. You will also be involved in the development of new assays on the P-FAB platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct laboratory research to support immunoassay development
• Perform validation experiments, product stability testing, and clinical studies
• Execute experiments on Ricovr prototype diagnostic platform
• Collect data and draft result reports
• Maintain testing equipment and laboratory reagents
• Work cooperatively with other members of the R&D team and across departments to achieve project milestones
• Communicate results and ideas clearly to a diverse audience

Qualifications

• M.S. or B.S. in biochemistry, molecular biology, chemical biology, biomedical engineering, or related discipline
• 2+ years of laboratory experience required
• Experience in immunoassay development, such as ELISA, LFA, or SPR design
• Knowledge and practical experience with protein modification, nanoparticle conjugation, and assay surface biofunctionalization strategies 
• Comfort in handling of biological and chemical reagents in an accurate and safe manner
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
• Familiarity with statistics and plotting software such as Graphpad Prism, R, Minitab, etc.