Paula Tuomenoksa

Planning and executing Installation, Operational and Performance Qualifications (IOPQs) for equipment and systems used in production of molecular diagnostics products. Evaluating process risks for production non-conformances (NCEs). Fix-term contract.

Software testing of fully automated clinical LC-MS (liquid chromatography mass spectrometry) analyzer in heavily regulated IVD (in vitro diagnostics) environment. Also responsible of analyzer and laboratory maintenance tasks. Team Lead for continuous improvement. Team of approx. 30 people. Permanent contract.

Test Lead for next generation electronic liquid handling pipettes and disposable plastic tips. Planning of verification and validation activities and leading the work of laboratory technicians. Also taking part in concept phase by testing alternative touch screens and adjustable multichannel pipettes. In addition, validation testing of 96 deep-well plastic plates used in COVID-19 testing to isolate and purify RNA from the sample during the pandemic. Permanent contract.

Verification and validation testing of manual and electronic liquid handling pipettes, disposable plastic tips, microplate readers, web-based application for electronic pipettes, and in-house pipette calibration software for production and service. Also responsible of laboratory maintenance tasks. Permanent contract.

Verification and validation testing of manual and electronic liquid handling pipettes and disposable plastic tips. Also taking part in Gage R&R studies for injection molded pipette components with measurement device equipped with optics and touching probes. Permanent contract.

Testing of cattle diseases like respiratory tract infection and mastitis with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method. Job description included sample recording, sample preparation, test execution and reporting. Summer job.

Testing of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blot methods in a biosafety laboratory. Job description included sample recording, sample preparation, test execution and disposal of infectious waste. Summer job.