Job brief: Senior Scientist, R&D Assay Development

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• Listed on Natera's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $106,200 to $132,700 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Austin, TX · US - TX - Austin
• Posted: 2026-09-17

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• Typically requires a university degree and a minimum of 8+ years of related experience or a MS degree and 6 years of related experience or a PhD and 4 years of related experience
• Must possess very strong interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of ex…

Main duties

• Design development, verification, and validation studies with stakeholder input and coordinate efforts to achieve milestones within established timelines
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, such as automation, engineering, R&D, bioinformatics, and lab operations, to develop robust, automated workf…
• Lead the integration testing of automated workflows with software LIMS systems.
• Support the design and execution of integration testing to ensure data integrity between automation and digital systems
• Plan, execute, analyze and present data for moderate to high complexity experiments with hands-on work on troubleshooting

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Across Natera's 221 open listings, 30% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Natera hires

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