Scientist, Analytical Development

The businesses of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany • Miamisburg, OH

5d • $64,500 - $100,200 • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a highly skilled Analytical Development Scientist to join the Process & Analytical Development team within the Life Sciences division at MilliporeSigma in Miamisburg. The scientist will play a key part in developing analytical methods for new and existing stable isotope-containing compounds, many of which are or will be used to evaluate Active Pharmaceutical Products. The company is looking for curious minds that are passionate about innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. They aim to dream big and are passionate about caring for their people, customers, patients, and planet.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry or other Scientific field
• 2+ years of industry experience with NMR and other methods including chromatography
• 1+ years of experience with and execution of analytical method development, including evaluation of options, scouting, selection of optimal methods, and execution of method validation
• External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry or other Scientific field
• Understanding of regulatory requirements required for analytical methods from early development through validation. Ability to apply nuanced approaches to address varying levels of needs.
• Experience with current instrument platforms from industry vendors
• Experience and understanding of a wide array of analytical methods, including GC, NMR, wet chemistry methods
• Experience with evaluation of stable isotope containing small molecules
• Excellent collaborator and communicator with other analytical scientists, synthetic chemists, QA, and regulatory

Responsibilities

• Act as the Subject Matter Expert, develop and validate analytical methods
• Review development options broadly and propose development activities, execute those activities, validate, document, and transfer those options to the Quality Control team
• Provide support for improving current methods as needed
• Work cross-functionally with other Analytical Development team members, R&D, Process Development, Production, QC, QA, Regulatory, and Program Management
• Align your work with industry best practices and regulatory requirements
• Support the site for the company's center for stable isotope product development and production of products used in research, industry, government, and as active pharmaceuticals

Benefits

• health insurance
• paid time off (PTO)
• retirement contributions
• other perquisites

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level