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Description

It is not every day that you can say that the software you helped develop will save hundreds or thousands of lives per year, but at bioMérieux, we put innovation to work in life-saving diagnostic devices deployed across the world. With engineering centers in St. Louis, France, and Italy, our Systems Development team collaborates globally to build products that ensure patient health and consumer safety.

From antibiotic susceptibility testing to organism identification with mass spectrometry, bioMérieux offers challenging opportunities in a science-based domain with a public health focus. If you’re passionate about solving real-world problems, you’ll find a home in our team of expert software developers, engineers, and microbiologists.

This Software Business Analyst - Microbiologist position is well suited by someone with a microbiology and/or clinical background. As a member of a highly collaborative, cross-functional software-development team, they will represent customer needs to the software-development team, develop specifications, and help develop software for innovative IVD solutions that help hospitals determine the correct antibiotics to treat millions of infected patients each year.

Position Responsibilities:

Work with other business analysts, software developers, software testers, and microbiologists to analyze feature requirements and user stories to develop effective specifications and quality softwareWork with technical staff to clarify requirements for new features, anomaly fixes, and automated testsReview and improve legacy requirements documentationAssist with product usability and associated studiesAssist with development and summary of key testing metricsAssist with task estimation, backlog grooming, and planning of workSupport product-validation activities and field-related investigationsSupport team retrospectives and other Agile ceremoniesTrain on assigned procedures relevant to daily workFocus on continuous improvement of daily processes and software quality

 

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, or related scientific discipline (e.g. Biology, Biomedical Engineering, etc.) or similar disciplines, and/or equivalent professional experience3+ years’ experience as a microbiologist working in a clinical lab environmentSignificant experience in the use and operation of the bioMérieux VITEK 2 suite of lab instruments (VITEK 2 Compact, VITEK 2 XL) in a clinical environment using ID/AST conceptsDemonstrated ability to work in a highly collaborative team environmentExcellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in an ISO/FDA regulated environment as a member of a product-development organization (medical-device or biotech industry) preferredFamiliarity with Lab Information Systems (LIS) and instrument interfacingExperience in creating and executing lab-validation protocols and performing instrument-validation testingDemonstrated ability to gather customer requirements and create specifications for clinical software processes and/or products

BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Please be advised that the receipt of satisfactory responses to reference requests and the provision of satisfactory proof of an applicant’s identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required of all new hires. Any misrepresentation, falsification, or material omission may result in the failure to receive an offer, the retraction of an offer, or if already hired, dismissal. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation in BioFire Diagnostics’ application process by contacting us via telephone at (385) 770-1132, by email at [email protected], or by dialing 711 for access to Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS).