Epocal Career Opportunities

Description:

Member of the Sales and Marketing team promoting Epocal's products in a specified US territory.

Major Activities:

• Prospecting and qualifying territory to focus on best potential Epocal prospects
• Effective demonstration of Epocal's products and solutions to customers, including hospital administration, clinical staff, laboratory staff
• Comparing and contrasting Epocal and existing blood analysis process with hospital staff highlighting Epocal advantages
• Preparation and presentation of process and cost analyses; price quotations; business contracts, consistent with company policies
• Working with Implementation Consultants to implement customers as needed
• Providing customer, product and competitive market feedback to management team routinely and when specifically directed by management
• Representing the company at industry and regional trade shows

Requirements:

• 4 year college degree
• Ability to travel as needed
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• 5+ years demonstrated success in sales of products/solutions in hospital clinical environment
• 5+ years demonstrated success in consultative, process change sales environment

Description:

Responsible for developing Epocal’s Clinical Affairs strategy. The candidate will demonstrate the ability to understand the clinical, medical, economic and regulatory issues in the point-of-care markets and provide advice and input to management on appropriate actions to ensure that the medical and regulatory actions and solutions are aligned with business decisions. The role will guide the research, development and implementation of Epocal products for blood gas, blood chemistry, hematology, coagulation and immunoassay testing applications. 

Major Activities:

• Perform market research regarding scientific and medical principles and best practices for current and future products
• Advising research and development staff on the scientific and medical risks and benefits of products under development
• Advising customers on proper procedures and interpretations for regulatory compliance (QC and proficiency for CLIA, CAP, or others)
• Working with customers to resolve clinical performance issues
• Developing a thorough understanding or operating principles and attributes of methodologies of Epocal's products and competitors' products in order to advance the knowledge of Epocal's products in the marketplace, and to advance Epocal's understanding of performance concerns and requirements of the clinical community
• Providing concise, accurate information (white papers, presentations) for Epocal's customers and partners on various and sometimes complex aspects of point-of-care, in-vitro diagnostics as it relates to Epocal's products

Requirements:

• Pathologist, Clinical Chemist or Laboratory Manager of a major hospital.
• MD or PhD with 10 years experience in blood testing, or in-vitro diagnostics related field.
• Experience working and communicating with the FDA or another national equivalent in Canada or Europe.
• Thorough knowledge of in-vitro diagnostic method analysis protocols such as CLSI protocols for precision, calibration verification and method comparison with understanding of clinically significant errors and method differences.
• An understanding of the global scientific, medical and regulatory principles of point-of-care testing
• Excellent communication skills and a thorough understanding of the terminology used in complex scientific medical disciplines.
• The ability to analyze medical and scientific trends to provide direction to the development of products and services.
• A track record of successful accomplishments in the area of medical and regulatory activities, product approvals and drug safety.

Description:

Leads the Clinical Sensors Team responsible for designing, validating and transferring to production metabolite sensors based on electrochemical principles.

Major Activities:

• Lead a team in designing and characterizing electrochemical sensors for metabolites detection.
• Organize and perform clinical trials as part of product validation.
• Applying clinical knowledge to data processing and interpretation.
• Prepare 510k application.
• Construct the design history file and device master record.
• Interface with production team as well as all other resources needed to insure smooth transfer to production.

Requirements:

• PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Clinical Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering or related disciplines.
• Solid analytical chemistry, clinical chemistry and/or electro-chemical background with 3+ years of industrial experience would be an asset.
• Thorough understanding of statistical methods.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills .
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and statistical analysis.
• Familiar with U.S. CLIA and FDA regulations and proficient in QC/QA methods.

R&D Scientist

Description:

Member of the Clinical Sensors Team in charge of designing, validating and transferring to production metabolites sensors based on electochemical principles

Major Activities:

• Design, perform analysis and summarize experiments leading to the design and characterization of electrochemical sensors for matabolites detection.
• Assist with the development of an optimized production process for electrochemical sensors for metabolites detection.
• Assist with the product validation (clinical trials, in-house trials, data analysis and report writing).
• Assist with the preparation of the 510K application.
• Participate in construction of the design history file and device master record.
• Interface with the production team as well as all other resources needed to ensure smooth transfer to production.

Requirements:

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Clinical Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering or related disciplines.
• Solid analytical chemistry, clinical chemistry and/or electro-chemical background.
• Thorough understanding of statistical methods.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and statistical analysis.

Coop Scientist Assistant

Description:

Member of the Clinical Sensors Team in charge of designing, validating and transferring to production metabolites sensors based on electrochemical principles.

Major Activities:

• Test metabolites sensors using the EPOC system in aqueous and blood samples.
• Perform first steps of analysis and summarize experiments leading to the design and characterization of electrochemical sensors for metabolites detection.
• Assist with the development of an optimized production process for electrochemical sensors for metabolites detection.
• Assist with the product validation (in-house trials, preliminary data analysis and observations writing).
• Interface with the production team as well as all other resources needed to ensure smooth transfer to production.

Requirements:

• Engineering preferred (Chemical, Biomedical background would be an asset).
• Lab experience and good lab practices.
• Understanding of statistical methods.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and statistical analysis.

Senior Scientist - Immunoassay

Description:

Technical lead in designing, validating and transferring to production immunoassay-based clinical assays on Epocal's immunoassay platform (card and reader).

Major Activities:

• Lead problem solver in designing, characterizing and optimizing both reagent formatting (antibody selection, buffer formulations, print process) and platform programming (incubation and injection timings, temperature control, algorithm development, iQC development for key immunoassay analytes.
• Organize and perform clinical trials as part of product validation.
• Construct the design history file and device master record.
• Interface with other members of product development team as well as all other resources needed to ensure smooth transfer to production.

Requirements:

• PhD (preferred) or M.Sc. in the physical sciences or engineering disciplines (Physics, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical / Biomedical / Electrical / Systems Engineering) OR in Biochemistry or Biology
• Experience in an industrial setting, working with complex (highly integrated) product devices, preferably medical devices.
• Technical Lead with Project Management responsibilities.
• Exposure to fluidic-based micro-devices or MEMS.