Associate Scientist - HPLC / GC
About The Position
Thermo Fisher Scientific is hiring an Associate Scientist for its Laboratories Functional Service Partnership team, working onsite at a customer site in Boston, Massachusetts. The role supports drug development by providing analytical laboratory services within the customer’s organization. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on the first shift. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and must pass a background check that includes drug screening. Relocation assistance is not provided. The Associate Scientist designs, conducts, and interprets analytical experiments within SOPs and applicable regulations, using HPLC, KF, and other instruments. The role includes systematic data collation and interpretation, preparing conclusions or recommendations for discussion with a manager, basic experimental troubleshooting, and maintaining accurate laboratory notebooks with raw-data sources or references. The position also involves other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a laboratory science such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Material Science, Immunology, Biology, Molecular Biology, or a similar field.
- Previous experience providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job, comparable to 0–2+ years.
- Familiarity with HPLC, UV-VIS, KF, and other instruments.
- Excellent experimental documentation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work successfully both in a team or matrix environment and independently.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage priorities, and maintain timelines for multiple projects.
- Problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Ability to pass a comprehensive background check, including drug screening.
Nice To Haves
- Strong expertise in HPLC and/or GC is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Design, conduct, and interpret analytical experiments within SOPs and regulations using HPLC, KF, and other instruments.
- Systematically collate and interpret data, and compile results into conclusions or recommendations for discussion with a manager.
- Perform basic experimental troubleshooting.
- Maintain accurate laboratory notebooks, including raw data or references to its sources.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration.
- Annual incentive plan bonus and potential variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results.
- National medical and dental plans and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
- At least 120 hours of paid time off and 10 paid holidays annually.
- Paid parental leave, including 3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave.
- Accident and life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.
- Career and development prospects.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
