Senior Manager and Engineer, Flow Cytometry Services (m/f/d)

The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association aims to transform tomorrow’s medicine through our discoveries of today. At locations in Berlin-Buch, Berlin-Mitte, Heidelberg and Mannheim, our researchers harness interdisciplinary collaboration to decipher the complexities of disease at the systems level – from molecules and cells to organs and the entire organism. Through academic, clinical, and industry partnerships, as well as global networks, we strive to translate biological discoveries into applications that enable the early detection of deviations from health, personalize treatment, and ultimately prevent disease. First founded in 1992, the Max Delbrück Center today inspires and nurtures a diverse talent pool of 1,800 people from over 70 countries. We are 90 percent funded by the German federal government and 10 percent by the state of Berlin.

The scientific infrastructures support and enable a wide portfolio of technologies and methodologies by specialized scientific technology platforms, which are essential for the research approaches at the MDC. MDC researchers as well as technology platforms collaborate with Berlin based research and medical institutions and with leading international partner institutions and their respective infrastructures.

The MDC is seeking a highly motivated individual to support the Flow Cytometry Services in Berlin-Mitte (BIMSB) in a fixed-term position (maternity cover).

Job Description

• Establishing and maintaining communication with users and collaboration partners in German and English
• Providing individualized technical consultation and support to users and collaboration partners
• Independently optimizing and troubleshooting user experiments
• Organizing maintenance and repairs, and independently resolving unexpected technical issues
• Training users in relevant technologies and procedures
• Supporting and advising FACS users, including in the context of single-cell genomics experiments
• Reviewing safety-related aspects of user project applications (genetic engineering and biosafety compliance)
• Start-up and shutdown of highly complex instruments
• Independently configuring and adjusting instruments to meet specific experimental requirements
• Performing quality control (QC), minor repairs, and routine maintenance
• Managing procurement and ordering of supplies, as well as reagent management and inventory control
• Managing bookings in OpenIris, service billing, and cost allocation
• Conducting safety training sessions for users

Requirements

• Master’s degree in life sciences
• Professional experience in cytometry (required)

Further requirements:

• Hands-on experience with BD FACSAria and BD LSRFortessa X-20 flow cytometry systems
• Experience handling BSL-2 (biosafety level 2) / S2 biological materials
• Previous experience working in a core facility environment (beneficial)
• Certification as Project Leader (Genetic Engineering) according to German GenTG regulations
• Strong motivation and interpersonal skills for interaction with researchers and administrative staff
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Professional proficiency in both spoken and written German and English

We offer

• international working environment with communication in English and German
• interesting career opportunities and a range of opportunities for further qualification and training
• Compatibility of family and career certified by the workandfamily audit (“berufundfamilie audit”)
• Support for "New Berliners" through the MDC Welcome & Family Office

You also benefit from:

• a remuneration in accordance with the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD-Bund), including additional company pension schemes
• a secure job
• flexible working hours and childcare support
• the possibility of mobile working
• additional health benefits such as flu vaccination, eye test, ergonomics advice at the workplace