Scientist I
TR/078856
Posted: 21/08/2025
- $37 - $40 per hour, Benefits: Health, Vision, and Dental
- United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
- Contract
Scientist I
Will be working out of Cambridge, MA
$37-$40/hr
Length of Contract: through end of December (possibility of extension depending on budget, performance, etc.)
Orion Group and a market leading pharmaceutical company have an exciting contract opening for Scientists in Cambridge, MA!!! This contract role offers the chance to join a team dedicated to discovering new targets for treating autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases.
Don’t pass on this amazing opportunity, apply today and take the first step towards your next career opportunity!
Position Summary:
The Immunology R&D organization is expanding its team at the Cambridge Research Center in Cambridge, MA. We are looking to fulfill a short-term need with mesoscale discovery (MSD) analysis through December, 2025 with a highly motivated Scientist to join our Immunology Department.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, skilled, and dedicated individual to join a team that validates targets. This position requires passion, attention to detail, prior hands-on experience and teamwork.
Key Responsibilities:
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Will be working out of Cambridge, MA
$37-$40/hr
Length of Contract: through end of December (possibility of extension depending on budget, performance, etc.)
Orion Group and a market leading pharmaceutical company have an exciting contract opening for Scientists in Cambridge, MA!!! This contract role offers the chance to join a team dedicated to discovering new targets for treating autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases.
Don’t pass on this amazing opportunity, apply today and take the first step towards your next career opportunity!
Position Summary:
The Immunology R&D organization is expanding its team at the Cambridge Research Center in Cambridge, MA. We are looking to fulfill a short-term need with mesoscale discovery (MSD) analysis through December, 2025 with a highly motivated Scientist to join our Immunology Department.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, skilled, and dedicated individual to join a team that validates targets. This position requires passion, attention to detail, prior hands-on experience and teamwork.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform protein/cytokine measurements using MSD and ELISA
- Perform RNA isolation and run quantitative PCR
- Our team is dedicated to discovering new targets for treating autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases through computational analysis of human disease tissue-derived datasets and validating these targets using in vitro and in vivo experimental methods to positively impact patient lives.
- In addition to supporting MSD needs within the Department of Immunology, the candidate will assist with various assays within dermatology, including RNA isolation and PCR.
- The ideal candidate will have MSD experience, but experience with ELISA is acceptable.
- Bachelor’s degree in molecular biology, immunology or other biological sciences with 1-4 (BS/BA) years of experience
- Demonstrated ability to perform protein/cytokine measurements using MSD and ELISA
- Demonstrated ability to perform RNA isolation and run quantitative PCR
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with peers and their teams
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Justin Mertel
Recruitment Consultant
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