Research Associate, Global Lab Services Returnship
Recursion
Summary
The Global Lab Services team keeps Recursion's laboratories safe, compliant, and running smoothly. Our team covers equipment, facilities, environmental health and safety (EHS), and lab operations, and we work closely with scientific teams across the company. When an operational problem slows down the science, we find out why and build a lasting fix.
Job description
Research Associate Returnship
The Global Lab Services team keeps Recursion's laboratories safe, compliant, and running smoothly. Our team covers equipment, facilities, environmental health and safety (EHS), and lab operations, and we work closely with scientific teams across the company. When an operational problem slows down the science, we find out why and build a lasting fix.
As a Research Associate, you will collaborate closely with the Global Lab Services team and the scientific teams it supports to design and develop programs for lab operations, from understanding the problem through building the structure that keeps a program running day to day.
Projects
- Develop environmental monitoring and tracking programs: Build a process to respond to, document, and track environmental baseline conditions and contamination events across our labs, including root-cause investigation and trend reporting.
- Write EHS technical documents, including SOPs, safety guidance, and training materials that help teams work safely and stay compliant.
- Design lab operations: Map current workflows, identify operational hurdles, and build programs with clear roles, processes, and measures of success.
- Build program structure with SOPs, tracking tools, and software systems that make programs easy to adopt and sustain.
- Explore AI tools and interfaces that help scientists and lab staff find information, report issues, or follow procedures (a plus, not a requirement).
- Partner cross-functionally with equipment, facilities, EHS, and scientific teams to gather requirements, test solutions, and roll out new programs.
- Learn about lab operations, including equipment management, facilities, safety compliance, and how each one supports high-throughput science.
The Experience You'll Need
- 3+ years of working experience in a research laboratory, lab operations, EHS, or a related scientific setting.
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in a scientific, engineering, or related field.
- 2+ years break from employment.
- A strong desire to learn with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Attentive to detail, with the ability to write clear, accurate procedures and documentation.
- Enjoy working both independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with SOP development, process improvement, project coordination, or Jira software and AI tools is a plus.
Requirements
- 3+ years of working experience in a research laboratory, lab operations, EHS, or a related scientific setting
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in a scientific, engineering, or related field
- 2+ years break from employment
- A strong desire to learn with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Attentive to detail, with the ability to write clear, accurate procedures and documentation
- Enjoy working both independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Experience with SOP development, process improvement, project coordination, or Jira software and AI tools is a plus
Benefits
- Dedicated Mentor
- Weekly Seminars
- Supportive Learning Environment
- Professional Development
Company overview
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical stage TechBio company that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to decode biology and industrialize drug discovery. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company operates at the intersection of science and technology with its proprietary Recursion OS platform. This platform continuously generates one of the world's largest proprietary biological and chemical datasets, enabling the company to conduct millions of wet lab experiments weekly and operate one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. Recursion's approach combines massive experimental scale with sophisticated computational capabilities to identify trillions of searchable relationships across biology and chemistry, unconstrained by human bias. The company focuses on discovering novel therapeutics for various disease areas including rare diseases, inflammation, immuno-oncology, and diseases of aging. With approximately 600-800 employees across multiple continents and offices in key biotech hubs including Toronto, Montreal, New York, London, and Oxford, Recursion represents a leading force in AI-driven biotechnology innovation.