Senior Research Scientist Salary in the United States
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How much does a Senior Research Scientist make hourly in the United States? The average hourly wage for a Senior Research Scientist in the United States is $34 as of September 26, 2019, but the salary range typically falls between $30 and $40. Hourly rate can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target. View the Cost of Living in Major Cities

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$30 to $40

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Senior Research Associate, Human Tissue Dissection

Vertex Pharmaceuticals - San Diego , CA

: Vertex Pharmaceuticals is seeking a diligent and motivated research associate to join the Molecular ... The scientist will support drug discovery by dissecting and processing human tissues to generate ...

Vertex - 6 days ago

Senior research associate economics

ndp | analytics - Arlington , Texas

ndp | analytics, a DC-based boutique economic research firm, is hiring a senior research associate ... science and data analytic candidates.) Excellent communication, organizational, research, and ...

Jobtome - 6 days ago

Senior Research Associate

BEPC, Inc. - South San Francisco , CA

Research Associate/Senior Research Associate Job description * We are seeking a creative ... BEPC offers Life Science engineering and technical consulting services that include: process ...

ZipRecruiter - 4 days ago

Research Associate: T Cell Engineering/Cancer Immunotherapy (South San Francisco

Kelly Services - South San Francisco , CA

We are seeking a highly motivated Research Associate/Senior Research Associate to participate in ... Familiarity with scientific software programs including Excell, PRISM, FlowJo or equivalent

Kelly Services - 8 days ago

Scientist I/II, Cell/Molecular Biology

Aerotek - San Diego , California

... with senior R&D scientists and project management to execute project work plans. The scientist will be responsible for supporting or executing these plans to meet agreed upon deliverables and ...

Aerotek Corporate - 1 day ago

Sr. Research Associate / Scientist I

Kelly Services - San Diego , CA

Sr. Research Associate / Scientist I, San Diego, CA Summary/Scope: Structural and Chemical Biology Exciting opportunity for a highly talented and motivated structural biologist /protein chemist ...

Kelly Services - 9 days ago

What does a Senior Research Scientist do?

Senior Research Scientist

Manages lower level scientists, including providing technical guidance,interviewing, hiring, training, goal setting, including performance evaluation, prioritization of work and compliance with personnel and safety policies.

July 03, 2019

Understand and effectively articulate in written work products the importance of variability and uncertainty, and the way in which these may be quantified, adjusted for, and/or mitigated in environmental decision-making.

July 16, 2019

Collaborate with other software engineers and research scientists to develop and maintain a physically-accurate, reliable, and fast open-source simulation toolkit.

July 16, 2019

Provide consultative policy analysis, evaluation expertise, and operational and technical support for federal clients focused on key domains of health-services research, including but not limited to Medicare, Medicaid, payment and delivery-system reform, population heath, health-care quality, and social determinants of health.

August 11, 2019

Assists business development group in technical sales and marketing, and in preparation of technical marketing materials, and presents posters and makes podium presentations at conferences.

August 25, 2019

Participates in technology transfer from process development to clinical and commercial GMP manufacturing, including CMO selection, definition of bill of materials, batch record review, and discrepancy resolution.

August 26, 2019

Develop small scale and high-throughput revenue generating assays to answer relevant and timely scientific questions in the broader NHP mucosal immunology research community.

August 27, 2019

Lead efforts in preparing annual progress reports to NIH of MIC progress and development of MIC proposal for the P51 renewal including budget development, objectives and research strategy.

August 27, 2019

Works under supervision of more senior scientists or scientific directors to identify and validate targets, advance the development of economical, state-of-the art techniques to develop, produce and/or characterize materials or tools for the discovery and development of new therapeutic agents.

August 30, 2019

Demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills, a documented ability to troubleshoot technical issues, an ability to plan and carry out experiments independently, and to work with complex instrumentation and software.

September 01, 2019

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