<div>        <h3>Description</h3>        <div>          <div>            <h2><strong>Your Mission</strong></h2><p><span>As our Laboratory Technician, you'll be an essential part of our team, ensuring the reliability and accuracy that will make our sensors the industry standard. Your meticulous laboratory work and drive for continuous improvement will directly enable our groundbreaking technology to reach customers and solve real-world water monitoring challenges at scale.</span></p><p><br></p><h2><strong>Core Responsibilities:</strong></h2><h3><strong>Daily Laboratory Operations &amp; Execution</strong></h3><ul><li>Execute scheduled experimental protocols with ruthless efficiency and precision</li><li>Work with the team to map experiments to laboratory stations, timelines, and resource requirements</li><li>Manage multiple concurrent experimental setups while maintaining extremely high quality standards</li><li>Maintain comprehensive documentation and detailed experimental records</li><li>Prepare high-quality chemical standards, calibration solutions, and mixtures ahead of scheduled experiments</li><li>Perform analytical measurements and sensor calibrations under supervision</li></ul><p><br></p><h2><strong>Secondary Responsibilities and Growth Opportunities:</strong></h2><h3><strong>Protocol Development &amp; Experimental Planning</strong></h3><ul><li>Collaborate with the scientific and technical teams to translate objectives into detailed, executable experimental protocols</li><li>Establish pre-defined success criteria, data collection formats, and analysis plans before initiating experiments</li><li>Design standardized data recording templates and result formats to ensure consistency across studies</li><li>Create clear experimental workflows that specify materials, methods, and expected outcomes</li><li>Document protocol modifications and maintain version control for reproducible experimental procedures</li></ul><h3><strong>Laboratory Automation &amp; Process Innovation</strong></h3><ul><li>Continuously evolve laboratory workflows and processes to increase efficiency and throughput</li><li>Implement and optimize lab automation software and systems</li><li>Identify opportunities for automation as operations scale to hundreds of sensors</li><li>Develop and maintain Python scripts for data collection, analysis, and workflow automation</li><li>Design synergies in resource utilization across multiple concurrent experiments</li></ul><h3><strong>Quality Assurance &amp; Scale Preparation</strong></h3><ul><li>Execute quality control procedures that validate sensor performance at scale</li><li>Maintain organized digital data management systems for all experimental work</li><li>Support product validation studies critical for market readiness and industrial certifications</li><li>Ensure laboratory utilization approaches 100% through advanced planning and organization</li><li>Prepare laboratory operations for orders-of-magnitude growth in testing volume</li></ul><h2><br></h2><h2><strong>What We're Seeking</strong></h2><h3><strong>Educational Background</strong></h3><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering, or related scientific field</li><li>Strong foundation in general chemistry and analytical methods</li><li>Software experience with digital systems, data recording, and scripting capabilities</li></ul><h3><strong>Essential Experience Requirements</strong></h3><ul><li>Minimum 2 years of industrial or corporate laboratory experience (non-academic environment)</li><li>Demonstrated experience working with product-driven deadlines and iterative development cycles</li><li>Experience with chemistry-based sensors, IoT sensors, or biology-related sensor systems</li><li>Proficiency with lab automation software and digital laboratory management systems</li><li>Python programming experience required for lab automation and data analysis</li></ul><h3><strong>Technical Competencies</strong></h3><ul><li>Experience preparing accurate chemical solutions and analytical standards</li><li>Familiarity with sensor calibration, validation, and testing methodologies</li><li>Understanding of industrial standards and certifications for sensors and chemicals (strongly preferred)</li><li>Ability to design and optimize experimental workflows for maximum efficiency</li><li>Comfortable working with data collection and analysis systems</li></ul><h3><strong>Critical Success Attributes</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Results-driven execution</strong> with focus on completing tasks efficiently and on schedule</li><li><strong>Exceptional organizational skills</strong> with ability to plan experiments weeks in advance</li><li><strong>Innovation mindset</strong> with drive to continuously improve laboratory processes</li><li><strong>Tech-savvy approach</strong> with willingness to implement automation and digital solutions</li><li><strong>Scalability vision</strong> - able to envision and work toward orders-of-magnitude operational growth</li><li><strong>Attention to detail</strong> understanding that small details significantly impact results</li><li><strong>Self-organization</strong> capability to independently manage complex, multi-project workflows</li></ul><h3><strong>Professional Qualities</strong></h3><ul><li>Ambition to grow laboratory operations and be part of significant scaling</li><li>Proactive problem-solving skills to anticipate challenges and implement solutions</li><li>Adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements</li><li>Professional pride in executing foundational work that enables breakthrough technology</li></ul><p><br></p><h2><strong>Why This Role Matters</strong></h2><p><span>Your daily laboratory work and process innovations will be instrumental in:</span></p><ul><li><strong>Enabling breakthrough sensor technology</strong> to reach market at commercial scale</li><li><strong>Maximizing laboratory efficiency</strong> to support product growth</li><li><strong>Building scalable processes</strong> that support rapid business growth</li><li><strong>Implementing automation</strong> that positions us for industry leadership</li></ul><p><br></p><h2><strong>What We Offer</strong></h2><ul><li><strong>Transformational Impact:</strong> Direct contribution to scaling revolutionary technology</li><li><strong>Professional Growth:</strong> Development of expertise in sensor technology and laboratory automation</li><li><strong>Innovation Opportunity:</strong> Lead process improvements and automation initiatives</li><li><strong>Technology Leadership:</strong> Be part of a team creating next-generation monitoring solutions</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>We're building the future of water monitoring technology and need someone who shares our ambition to scale operations while maintaining the highest standards of quality and innovation.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>          </div>        </div>      </div> <div>        <div>            Apply for Laboratory Technician - Chemical Sensor Development        </div>      </div>

<p>Aquatic's mission is to reveal the invisible throughout the world's waters.</p>
<p>Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aquatic is combining cutting-edge semiconductor technology, transformative ocean science, agile development methods, and modern fabrication approaches to create globally-scalable tools for tracking carbon, nutrients, and biodiversity persistently and pervasively throughout the world&rsquo;s oceans &ndash; tools that are absolutely essential and desperately needed for monitoring and verification of ocean carbon sequestration, as well as a host of other global industries.</p>
<p>From carbonate sensing to genomic surveillance, Aquatic is redefining what is possible to know underwater.</p>

Laboratory Technician - Chemical Sensor Development

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