United Kingdom | Southampton United Kingdom

Responsibilities

Location Hampshire, Southampton GB Job ID REQ-056715

PerkinElmer is seeking a motivated and technically competent Scientist – Flow Cytometry & Cell Culture to support laboratory operations at a customer research site. The successful candidate will be embedded within the Customer’s research environment and provide hands-on operational and experimental support for flow cytometry and cell culture workflows, in full compliance with Customer-defined SOPs, biosafety standards, and regulatory requirements.

The role sits within the PerkinElmer OneSource Technical Laboratory Services (TLS) organization and reports to a PerkinElmer Team Leader while working closely with Customer scientific staff. The position supports biologics and life sciences research activities and contributes to the generation of high-quality, reproducible data in support of research and development objectives.

This is a fixed term contract of 12 months with the possibility of extension or conversion to a permanent contract.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide operational and experimental support for flow cytometry and cell culture laboratories in accordance with Customer-defined SOPs, biosafety standards, and compliance requirements.
• Assist with the design, setup, and execution of flow cytometry experiments, including panel design, fluorophore selection, controls, sample acquisition, and gating strategies based on Customer objectives.
• Perform routine cell culture techniques such as passaging, seeding, harvesting, recovery, freezing, and maintenance of aseptic conditions.
• Prepare samples, reagents, and culture media, including FBS preparation, supplementation, aliquoting, labeling, and storage following approved protocols.
• Operate laboratory instrumentation independently following documented training, approval, and competency validation, with minimal supervision.
• Perform basic maintenance, calibration, and performance checks on flow cytometers, incubators, biosafety cabinets, and related laboratory equipment per manufacturer and Customer guidelines.
• Execute routine cell-based assays and experimental workflows as defined by the Customer and contribute to generation of accurate, reproducible data.
• Monitor cell health, assay performance, instrument status, and contamination risks, promptly escalating deviations, abnormalities, or nonconformances.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous documentation of all laboratory activities, ensuring data integrity, traceability, and compliance with Customer documentation standards.
• Prepare reports, summaries, and instrument logs; manage secure data archiving; support audits, inspections, and quality assurance activities as requested by the Customer.

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.

Critical Skills

• Comprehensive understanding of how flow cytometers work.
• Attention to detail and understanding of the basic laboratory environment.
• Excellent organizational skills: ability to troubleshoot and solve problems independently, including identifying a problem and taking appropriate actions and knowing when to seek guidance.
• Great teamwork and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of relevant equipment after training.
• Ability to work independently and lead a team.
• Strong multi-tasking, time management and organizational skills.
• Able to work a flexible schedule to meet our scientists’ needs.

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BSc degree in physical or biological science or a related science and 1 or more years of recent, directly related work experience in flow cytometry and cell culture laboratories
• OR foundation degree in life science or other relevant discipline and 3 years' flow cytometry experience in a laboratory environment
• OR relevant vocational qualifications with 5 years' flow cytometry experience in a laboratory environment.
• Basic experience with MS Office: Teams, Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working experience with flow cytometry, cellular imaging, ELISA and qPCR would be advantageous.
• Computational skills preferred for enabling automated data acquisition and analysis, and familiarity with related data analysis applications.

PerkinElmer is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. PerkinElmer is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.