Location: Delhi NCR: AIIMS Jhajjar campus, Haryana (a New Delhi lab is planned; until it opens, the role is at Jhajjar)

CTC: ₹8–12 LPA, depending on experience

Type: Full-time, permanent, on-site

Target start: 1 January 2027 (a later start is possible for the right candidate)

About us

Technoculture Research builds diagnostics for Indian hospitals. Our first product, Pwomise, is made up of a benchtop analyser, a single-use cartridge and risk software. It runs the first-trimester double-marker screen (free β-hCG and PAPP-A) inside the hospital where a pregnant woman has her scan, so her sample no longer has to travel to a distant central lab. Our lab is incubated at AIIMS Current Delhi, and we work closely with AIIMS clinicians.

The role

Our immunoassay works. Your job is to make it robust and repeatable and to take it through analytical validation. You will work hands-on at the bench, run studies to protocols designed with the founder, and keep the lab running smoothly from day to day. You report directly to the co-founder.

What you will do

- Run analytical studies to written protocols, following CLSI guidelines: precision (EP05), LoB/LoD/LoQ (EP17), linearity (EP06), interference (EP07), cross-reactivity, method comparison (EP09), and reagent and sample stability.
- Run optimisation experiments (washing, bead loading, buffers, incubation) to bring down assay variability.
- Prepare and QC reagents: antibody–bead conjugates, calibrators and controls, with lot records for each.
- Handle human serum samples under biosafety and ethics protocols: sample logs, storage and freeze–thaw records.
- Record and report data:



lab notebooks kept to good documentation practice (GDP), raw data compiled in Excel, first-pass statistics (mean, SD, CV, regression), and a weekly results summary.
- Run the lab day to day: weekly experiment plan, inventory and reagent orders, equipment upkeep and calibration logs.
- Coordinate with our cartridge and hardware engineers and with AIIMS collaborators.

What you bring (must-have)

- MSc / MTech in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry, Microbiology or a related field (BTech/BSc with 5+ years of relevant experience also considered).
- 3–6 years of hands-on immunoassay work, including ELISA, of which at least 2 years at an IVD manufacturer (R&D;, QC or validation).
- Has run verification or validation experiments on an immunoassay (precision, LoD, linearity or interference), even if someone else wrote the protocol.
- Hands-on work with human serum or plasma.
- Careful, consistent bench technique and clean documentation.
- Working Excel skills.

Good to have

- Experience in a regulated lab (ISO 13485, NABL or GLP).
- CLIA / ECLIA / FIA, lateral flow, or magnetic-bead assays.
- Antibody conjugation (beads, enzymes, labels).
- Familiarity with CLSI EP documents, ISO 13485, or the CDSCO Medical Device Rules 2017.
- Exposure to biosensors or point-of-care devices.
- Experience with maternal-screening or hormone assays (hCG, PAPP-A, TSH and similar).

Why join

- Take a made-in-India diagnostic from the bench to the clinic.
- Small team, direct access to the founder, and your name on the validation work.
- Work alongside AIIMS clinicians.

📌 Associate Scientist, Assay Validation (New Delhi)
🏢 Technoculture Research
📍 New Delhi