Our client, a world-leading Pharmaceutical Company in Thousand Oaks, CA is currently looking for a Associate Scientist / Chemistry OR Chemical Engineering to join their expanding team.
Position Details:
Job Title: Associate Scientist / Chemistry OR Chemical Engineering
Duration: 12 months contract, extendable up to 36 Months
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
Note:
The client has the right-to-hire you as a permanent employee at any time during or after the end of the contract.
You may participate in the company group medical insurance plan
Job Description:
100% onsite
Client requires all staff, staff augmentation external workers, and certain other external workers, in the United States and Puerto Rico to be vaccinated from COVID 19 as a condition of assignment at the client. In accordance with applicable law, client will provide reasonable accommodations to staff augmentation external workers who qualify on the basis of a medical reason or a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. Such accommodation may not pose an undue hardship to the client, its operations, or its staff."
This position will require the applicant to be on-site 5 days/week
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to assist in our high-throughput experimentation (HTE) group and to support synthetics process development in Thousand Oaks, CA.
The candidate will work closely with our process chemists/chemical engineers to conduct high-throughput experiments and to assist with analytical data processing for high-throughput experiments.
In addition to high-throughput support, the position will support the execution of pressurized reactions reactors ranging from 0.0-5 Client to 5 L scales.
Core Responsibilities:
Support High-Throughput Experimentation in Synthetics Process Development:
Collaborate with process chemists/chemical engineers to execute and analyze high-throughput parallel experimentation (HTE) studies for the following:
Reaction screening/optimization for chemical reactions (catalysis, biocatalysis, and non-catalytic transformations)
Pressurized gas reactions
Organic solvent extraction studies
Metal scavenger/ remediation screenings
Solubility studies of drug substance intermediates
Crystallization studies of drug substances intermediates
Use various automation and analytical software/hardware to support HTE
Maintain good laboratory documentation practices and compliance with electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) guidelines
Laboratory Housekeeping/Management:
Coordinate with third-party vendors and our laboratory asset management service (LAMP) for preventative maintenance, calibration, and repair service of equipment and instruments
Initiate work orders when necessary to assist with set-up of new equipment and/or remove obsolete/life-cycled equipment
Clean/decontaminate equipment and hood surfaces contaminated with hazardous materials
Maintain laboratory equipment and order replacement or add-on parts/accessories as needed
Contact third-party vendors for information and quotes
Evaluate and document performance and reliability of lab equipment
Manage solid and liquid waste within synthetic laboratories per guidelines
Handle incoming/outgoing shipments of tools, ancillary processing equipment and consumables and chemicals to remote sites
Maintain good laboratory housekeeping and adhere to established organizational principles
Chemical Library Maintenance:
Order and organize laboratory reagents and consumables to support high-throughput experimentation
Ensure chemical library maintenance and re-order chemicals as needed
Maintain and update list of chemical inventories and ensure that the chemical and reagent inventory system (CRIS) is up to date.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in chemistry or chemical engineering and experience in laboratory or manufacturing setting (academia or industry)
Strong scientific aptitude; attention to detail; technical problem-solving skills; and ability to multi-task
Familiarity with good laboratory notebook documentation
Trained in basic laboratory safety
Preferred Requirements:
Master's degree in chemistry or chemical engineering
Academic and/or industrial experience working in a organic chemistry or chemical engineering laboratory
Familiarity with automation, computational chemistry and/or data analytics software such as LEA, Spotfire, Gaussian, and Dynochem
Familiarity with analytical instrumentation including HPLC, GC, and NMR spectroscopy
Top 3 must have skills
Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, with 2 years of experience (required)
Research experience in Bachelors works as well
Research experience (academic lab work or industrial) in chemistry or chemical engineering
Attention to detail, ability to problem solve and troubleshoot