Work — Julia Nicole Yang

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EXPERIENCE

Collaborated with the product team to conduct UX research and introduce an aliquot tracking LIMS system, enabling users to trace aliquot lineage through multiple consecutive experiments for troubleshooting.
Partnered with the product team and end users to gather requirements and develop wireframes for experiment visualization tools, then implemented these tools to enable shareable analysis of results and rapid resolution of experimental anomalies within minutes of dataset processing.
Owned the product end-to-end by increasing test coverage with Cypress, Jest, and pytest, conducting user acceptance testing with the product team, and quickly resolving issues to ensure user satisfaction.
Designed and deployed REST endpoints for data serving and database population, supporting and assisting the data science and ML teams in building pipelines.
Spearheaded team process improvements that fostered a knowledge-sharing environment, enhancing productivity, feature quality, and timeline transparency, while mentoring junior developers and collaborating with senior team members to introduce new features.

Engineered interfaces to integrate Biosero workcells into Strateos scheduling software, enhancing system interoperability and workflow efficiency.
Re-engineered Biosero protocols to improve consumable management and implement multi-threading capabilities, optimizing overall system performance.
Implemented optimizations to address Sidekiq memory fallover, enhancing code efficiency, and introduced efficient queue management strategies for improved resource allocation.
Conducted rigorous evaluations of large-scale features, translating complex requirements into actionable test cases to ensure software reliability and functionality.
Led the development and documentation of acceptance test plans for on-site customer workcell deployments, ensuring seamless integration and satisfaction with delivered solutions.

Conducted Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) on workcells, resulting in a comprehensive troubleshooting document for swift identification and resolution of failures, empowering team members to act decisively.
Engineered a hardware solution to address uneven heat plate sealing, mitigating contamination risks and ensuring consistent seal contact across plates.
Led the execution of over 15 instrument validations, optimizing lab workflows and enhancing research precision across the team.
Authored standard operating procedures (SOPs) to bridge gaps between automation and manual handoff points, guaranteeing adherence to customer success criteria in assay execution.
Implemented troubleshooting strategies for resolving workcell crashes and retrained robotic arm waypoints, enhancing operational reliability and efficiency.

Condensed months of effort into a couple of weeks, by formulating and scaling in-house bacterial cultures for tailored DNA production to meet pharmacology team's needs efficiently to meet project requirements and deadlines.
Developed comprehensive SOPs for various molecular biology processes, enhancing team integration and efficiency.
Ensured precision and consistency in experimental processes through attention to detail.

Designed a retrofit to the endoscopic grasper to provide real-time visual feedback to decrease the number and duration of instructional interventions

Shadowed laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair to research clinical needs for project
Conducted literature research and patent searches to ensure an authentic need for our design project
Wrote Arduino coding and Excel Macro for rudimentary user interface of prototype
Developed and methodized testing protocol for data collection
Performed statistical data analysis using Minitab and Microsoft Excel
Used SolidWorks to design testing module for adhesive validation testing