Justine Grace Hayes

In addition to responsibilities under Test Engineer II:

• Trained new hires on Instron workstations, centrifuges, test methods and workflow processes
• Performed lab walkthrough inspections to ensure audit readiness at all times
• Maintained chemical disposal areas and collaborated with facilities group on process improvements
• Environmental health and safety (EHS) liaison
• Presented at Town Halls on ways to improve safety in laboratory settings
• Received training from Clinical group to perform hemolysis testing
• Sole test engineer to support PAXgene RNA testing
• Performed customer complaint testing and created new test methods to replicate customer experience
• Scribed for FDA audit

In addition to responsibilities under Engineer II:

• Independently planned and performed experiments that supported new product and technology feasibility testing
• Advised on product development implications arising from results
• Served as primary technical expert and administrator regarding laboratory instrumentation including Instron workstations, automated analysis instrumentation, and general laboratory equipment
• Maintained equipment as necessary in supporting scientific and technical objectives and regulatory/governance requirements
• Conducted Computer Software Validation (CSV) on automation multitasker machine

In addition to responsibilities under Engineer I:

• Critically analyzed data generated from experiments using Minitab
• Updated all test methods (ENG's) to include updated fixturing; provide drawings for replication of fixtures so additional operators could perform the same test simultaneously
• Wrote and executed MSA's upon QA request
• Performed High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) testing for PAXgene product line
• Interfaced with engineering to support experimental designs and performed testing of product produced experimentally
• Conducted Computer Software Validation (CSV) on automation multitasker machine

In addition to responsibilities under Engineering Technician:

• Routinely performed stability testing across acquisition and containment platforms
• Consistently exceeded high-quality standards for all completed work while adhering to strict timelines
• Assisted with tensile testing of tourniquets
• Upheld and enforced good laboratory practices (GLP) consistent with regulatory guidelines
• Interfaced with engineering to support experimental designs and performed testing of product produced experimentally
• Synthesized resulting evaluations of product and technology feasibility in organized
• Reported results of experiments to R&D management and maintained records of all collected data following GDP
• Wrote, reviewed and edited technical documents in accordance with template requirements
• Performed standard Gage R&R studies

• Extensive hands-on mechanical laboratory testing involving tension, compression, and torsion testing
• Independently planned and performed experiments that supported instrument validation
• Main technician working on experimental wingset with locking mechanism for safety
• Documented and reported results, discuss product failures and suggest possible solutions and/or reasons for failure
• Provided detailed data and deliver in a highly organized fashion
• Assisted with testing for new product development and make suggestions for fixturing/testing improvement when necessary
• Performed MSA when implementing updated fixtures or adjusting SOP

• Operated Multi-Station Instron machine for simultaneous tensile testing of shingle samples using Bluehill 3
• Tested tensile strength, elongation at break and elongation modulus of dogbone asphalt-saturated fiberglass samples
• Used tear tester to determine elastic qualities of samples
• Used digital micrometer to test thickness samples before and after conditioning
• Used caliper to determine the millimeter thickness of adhesive applied to the shingle
• Reported data using GDP