Benson Hill, Inc
Research Associate - Genotyping (Finance)
Our Purpose and Core Values
Our Core Values are a set of common principles we share that are fundamental to our company's identity.
The Trait Innovation Delivery & Execution (TIDE) team is responsible for new trait discovery and delivery of the R&D product pipeline from the inception of new product targets through to testing of these products on farm in grower fields all in a massively compressed time to market. We conduct a wide range of research activities, namely in the areas of new product concepts, trait discovery, crop transformation, molecular genotyping, and trait validation. These activities are aimed at developing new capabilities in crop research, the outcome of which is leveraged to create new product development opportunities. We are a diverse, energized, and highly experienced team of professionals with a proven track record of delivering novel outcomes that have transformed areas of the Ag Tech sector. We are focused on designing for and delivering scientific and analytical products and insight geared around the commercial objectives with the greatest value and impact. We collaborate across a broad spectrum of internal Technology and Commercial teams along with key 3rd party partnerships to design and deliver these outcomes.
Position Summary
We are actively seeking a Research Associate II to join our Genotyping team to support the growth of our production capabilities at Benson Hill.
The RAII will be responsible for executing laboratory work such as NGS library creation for targeted amplicon sequencing and GBS. The candidate will be accountable for leading junior lab members in lab work, meeting weekly production throughput, and ensure that sample data quality meets our Genotyping team quality metrics. A successful candidate will be able to work well with a team and collaboratively across teams to deliver on company targets as well as continually improve to our workflows. The ability to work shifts is required.
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