Analytical Operations Specialist
About The Position
Qnity is seeking an Analytical Operations Specialist to provide technical leadership and project support across its Raw Materials, Metals, Lithography, and Advanced Circuits analytical laboratories. The role accelerates analytical project transfers, improves laboratory processes, and advances capabilities supporting manufacturing, quality, technology, and business needs. The specialist connects laboratory operations with cross-functional partners to ensure analytical methods, materials, products, and testing requirements are implemented successfully while improving efficiency, reliability, data quality, and laboratory performance. This position is 100% onsite at Qnity’s Marlborough, Massachusetts facility. Candidates who currently live within daily commuting distance will be given priority.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Significant experience in an analytical laboratory, manufacturing support laboratory, or technical operations environment.
- Experience with analytical testing, method transfer, project execution, or laboratory improvement initiatives.
- Strong understanding of analytical laboratory workflows, testing practices, and data quality expectations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects, coordinate technical activities, or mentor technical personnel.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced technical environment.
- Demonstrated ability to translate analytical data into meaningful insights and communicate recommendations to internal customers and stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting raw material analysis, metals testing, lithography, circuit materials, advanced circuits, or semiconductor manufacturing.
- Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen, or similar continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience with method validation, method transfer, technology transfer, or new product introduction.
- Experience working within laboratory quality systems, ISO environments, or other controlled documentation systems.
- Experience evaluating, implementing, or qualifying new laboratory instrumentation, automation, digital systems, or analytical technologies.
- Experience applying structured root cause analysis and problem-solving methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Lead analytical project and method transfers, including new products, materials, methods, and testing requirements.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to define requirements, manage priorities, resolve technical challenges, and ensure successful project execution.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance laboratory efficiency, cycle time, data quality, throughput, and reliability.
- Use data and structured problem-solving to optimize workflows, standardize best practices, and deliver sustainable improvements.
- Identify and advance future laboratory capabilities, including new instrumentation, automation, digital tools, and analytical technologies.
- Support investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, training, and continuous improvement of analytical processes.
- Ensure laboratory activities meet applicable safety, quality, regulatory, documentation, and audit-readiness requirements.
Benefits
- Comprehensive pay and benefits package
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Job Type
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