Scientist 1, Chemistry Development

Job Description

Under the supervision of a senior scientist, the candidate will design and execute studies aimed at assessing the viability of technologies.

They will also help develop processes, including mixing and coating methods, stability testing, elution testing, and other means of evaluating these technologies.

Requirements

• Hands-on laboratory experience working with various chemicals/materials. Experience in common chemistry lab procedures and tools.
• Understanding of a range of instrumentation and analytical characterization tools (e.g. familiarity with spectroscopic methods such as fluorescence, UV, IR; and/or separation and characterization tools such as HPLC/UPLC are a plus).
• Good written and verbal technical communication skills
• Ability to design, execute, and appropriately document experiments
• Ability to effectively interpret and present scientific data
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Desired skills

• Experience working with polymeric materials and/or dry powder systems
• Experience assembling OEM components and device prototypes to configure a desired test method
• Hands-on experience in the development and characterization of drug formulations for therapeutics, such as those involving microparticles, nanoparticles or hydrogels
• Experience in dry-down processes (e.g. lyophilization/vacuum drying, spray drying).
• Past experience or willingness to work occasionally with biological specimens (e.g. tissues) for lab-scale testing