Associate Scientist Full-time NEW

Associate Scientist

Our company's Research Laboratories Boston, a wholly owned subsidiary of our company, is focused on driving discovery research. Our multi-disciplinary discovery research site offers state-of-the-art resources to explore the most promising science combined with our company's world-class R&D expertise in small molecules and biologics. Located within the heart of the Boston/Cambridge area's biomedical community, research conducted in the laboratories spans exploratory biology through early clinical development and is an integral part of our company's powerful world-class network of drug and vaccine discovery.

At our company, we are inspired by the belief that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to scientific excellence can create medicines and vaccines that save and improve lives. Every employee is building on our proud legacy of scientific breakthrough. Our ability to impact the lives of patients worldwide depends on the integrity, creativity, humility, and scientific acumen of our team. We are creating an organization that is inspired by invention and founded on a culture of respect and collaboration. At our company's Research Labs, you'll have the opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills through collaboration with talented and dedicated colleagues while advancing your career.

The Associate Scientist position under the guidance of Laboratory Animal Manager and Director will provide study support and world class animal care to impact drug development and discovery and improve human health. Study support may include:

• Performing Animal Handling
• Compound Administration (All routes)
• In-Life Sampling
• Necropsy Sampling and Tissue Collection
• Animal Health Observation and Data Collection
• Research Equipment Use and Maintenance
• Pre, Peri, and Post-Operative Surgical Care

Responsibilities include understanding and executing in vivo studies including collaborating with researchers, monitoring and maintaining equipment, assist with surgical animal care, perform animal health checks including some weekends and holidays, provide supportive husbandry care on some weekends and holidays including room checks and addressing urgent facility concerns, engage in safety inspections and provide insights for safety initiatives, learn new procedures as needed.

The ideal candidate should be team oriented, value workplace collaboration and can work with minimal supervision.

Required:

• High School diploma with 0-5 years' experience in a Research in-vivo field

Preferred:

• 3+ years' experience in a Research in vivo field
• AALAS certification

Required Skills: Accountability, Animal Handling, Animal Management, Animal Welfare, Dosing, Ethical Standards, In Vivo Animal Models, Laboratory Animal Medicine, Mouse Handling, Perioperative Care, Rodents, Scientific Research, Veterinary Surgery

Preferred Skills:

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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively.

The salary range for this role is $80,500.00 – $126,800.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

Regular

No relocation

No

No Travel Required

Not Indicated

No

OEB4, OEB5, BSL2

04/9/2026

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