Scientist II (Analytical Science)

About the Role

This is a 1-year contract position located in Ridgefield, CT, supporting new therapeutic modalities including peptides, oligonucleotides, viruses, antibodies, and non-viral delivery systems.

Responsibilities

• Execute laboratory studies with minimal supervision.
• Design and perform routine and non-routine experiments.
• Troubleshoot laboratory equipment and experimental methods.
• Independently interpret and report scientific data.
• Prepare buffers, mobile phases, and multi-component formulations.
• Perform chromatographic and biophysical characterization studies.
• Maintain laboratory equipment and materials.
• Develop protocols, SOPs, and technical reports.
• Ensure laboratory activities comply with applicable regulations and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Analytical Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline.

Skills

Required

• Hands-on wet chemistry and formulation preparation.
• Buffer, mobile phase, and multi-component formulation preparation.
• HPLC chromatography and method execution.
• SEC and other chromatography modes.
• Field Flow Fractionation (FFF/AF4).
• Experimental design, execution, and scientific data interpretation.
• Laboratory equipment operation and troubleshooting.
• Development of laboratory protocols, SOPs, and technical reports.
• Experience working with emerging therapeutic modalities such as peptides, oligonucleotides, antibodies, viral or non-viral delivery systems.

Preferred

• NMR spectroscopy analysis.
• Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS).
• FlowCam / sub-micron particle characterization.
• Fluorescent labeling and microscopy.
• Image analysis.
• DNA/RNA isolation.
• Electrophoresis.
• PCR.
• Biophysical characterization of biologics or drug-delivery systems.

Pay

$40.32 per hour.