Senior Analytical Chemist (Onsite)

Responsibilities

• Lead the setup, qualification, operation, and maintenance of specialized laboratory chemical synthesis processes used to produce polyphosphazene-based solid material for medical device coating applications.
• Execute complex organic and polymer chemistry processes, including monomer preparation, trimer formation, reaction execution, purification, isolation, drying, and handling of final solid material.
• Support analytical laboratory metrology activities, including operation, coordination, troubleshooting, documentation, and interpretation of testing used to evaluate raw materials, intermediates, and finished products.
• Set up, configure, clean, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory glassware, reaction vessels, associated equipment, and supporting process materials required for chemical synthesis.
• Develop, maintain and recommend appropriate process controls, in-process checks, acceptance criteria, documentation practices, and quality control activities to ensure consistent material output.
• Perform or coordinate analytical and metrology testing to evaluate raw materials, intermediates, process outputs, and final polyphosphazene solid material.
• Coverage of analytical and metrology testing to evaluate raw materials, intermediates, process outputs, and final polyphosphazene solid material.
• Coordinate testing with external analytical laboratories, including nuclear magnetic resonance testing and other chemistry characterization methods, as needed.
• Review, interpret, document, and communicate analytical results from internal testing and third-party laboratories to support material release, process evaluation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Order, receive, track, and maintain raw materials, solvents, reagents, consumables, and laboratory supplies required to support chemistry process operations.
• Ensure raw materials, reagents, solvents, and process supplies are appropriately specified, documented, stored, labeled, controlled, and available to support planned laboratory work.
• Develop, revise, and maintain laboratory procedures, work instructions, batch records, test methods, process documentation, and technical reports.
• Support process qualification activities, including protocol development, execution, data review, deviation investigation, and final report preparation.
• Identify, investigate and recommend complex chemistry, process, material, equipment, metrology, and analytical challenges using sound scientific judgment, data analysis, and structured problem-solving methods.
• Evaluate opportunities to improve process consistency, yield, safety, efficiency, material quality, analytical reliability, and laboratory workflow.
• Partner with Analytical Lab, R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, EH&S, Supply Chain, Procurement, sister-site production teams, and external vendors to support material readiness for medical device coating applications.
• Maintain strong compliance with good laboratory practices, applicable quality procedures, chemical hygiene expectations, hazardous material handling requirements, and environmental, health, and safety requirements.
• Serve as a technical resource/subject matter expert for the polyphosphazene synthesis process, associated chemistry controls, analytical methods, and material quality expectations.
• Mentor and coach less experienced scientists, engineers, chemists, or technicians in laboratory practices, chemistry methods, documentation expectations, and safe execution of hazardous chemical processes.
• Communicate technical issues, process risks, quality concerns, supply constraints, and improvement opportunities to project teams and next-level management.

Qualifications

• Requires a minimum 5+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; or equivalent education and experience; Or 3+ years and a Master's degree;Or a PhD with no previous professional experience.
• Significant hands-on laboratory experience with organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, process chemistry, specialty chemical production, or analytical chemistry support.
• Experience setting up, qualifying, operating, troubleshooting, and documenting chemical processes.
• Experience working with hazardous solvents, reactive materials, laboratory-scale chemical processes, and chemical hygiene requirements.
• Experience operating in GMP, GLP, or other regulated/quality-controlled laboratory or production environments preferred.
• Experience in a regulated industry such as medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, specialty chemical, or other quality-controlled environment preferred.
• Experience coordinating testing with external analytical laboratories preferred.