Senior Research Scientist; Analytical Development

Curia • Town of Guilderland, NY

4h • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Research Scientist in Solid Form Development is an integral part of the Curia team, contributing to our success by being part of the most trusted provider of drug discovery, development and manufacturing services for pharmaceutical and biotech innovators. To accomplish this, we provide exceptional scientific expertise and maintain relationships with customers by providing service that goes above and beyond. Having the right people on our team is critical to this mission. Join our talented workforce, where a commitment to excellence and a customer-focused attitude is a priority. We pursue excellence because our work has the power to improve patients’ lives with the pharmaceuticals we develop and manufacture. We are currently recruiting for a highly motivated Senior Research Scientist in our Solid Form Development group at our Curia Albany, NY site who can support solid state analyses of drug substance, drug products, and wide variety of other materials using solid-state techniques, such as XRPD, PSD, DSC, TGA, DVS, and SEM. In addition to operating and maintaining the instrumentation, the Senior Research Scientist will have experience in method development for some or all of the techniques, and especially method development for XRPD. This role will include training junior scientists on the above techniques and method development. The Senior Research Scientist must effectively communicate with the site personnel and customers with the highest professional standards. Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or Master’s degree in Material Science, Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry, Crystallography or related science field with relevant laboratory experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of related laboratory work experience in a pharmaceutical industry; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Expertise in XRPD, solid form development, method development in solid-state chemistry.
• Hands on experience with analytical instrumentation, especially those used in a solid-state chemistry laboratory such as XRPD, PSD, TGA, DSC, FT-IR, Raman, KF, BET, SEM and DVS.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a GMP environment is a plus.
• Expertise in the interpretation of solid-state analytical data including XRPD, microscopy, spectroscopy, thermal analysis and knowledge of wet chemistry principles.
• Extensive knowledge and working experience in solid state drug development.
• Knowledge of cGMP regulations for the pharmaceutical industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and utilize characterization techniques to support drug substance and drug product development.
• Provide expertise and timely support for solid-state techniques, which will include but is not limited to XRPD, PSD, DSC, TGA, SEM and DVS.
• Independently perform hands-on experimental work utilizing the above instrumentation.
• Perform as well as oversee laboratory experiments in the areas of crystallization process development and solid form screening of pharmaceutical compounds including but not limited to polymorph, salt, cocrystal, crystallization and solid dispersion screens.
• Convey experimental and analytical results to clients in data summaries and reports.
• Maintain appropriate documentation (records and lab notebooks).
• Meet timelines for delivering on clients' expectations.
• Communicate clearly and accurately with internal and external clients, both verbally and through written data summaries and reports.
• Design experimental plans and write appropriately scoped proposals for clients.
• Provide expert scientific review of highly technical reports for clients.
• Recommend and implement procedures and techniques to increase the quality of solid form screening services.
• Regularly interact with other Curia colleagues (including sales, marketing, procurement, etc.) to provide the best possible service to clients.
• Comply with cGMP procedures, safety requirements, and company policies.
• Mentor, train, and supervise junior members of the group.
• Comply with all cGMP and safety requirements, laboratory SOPs, and company policies and procedures.
• Provide project oversight, client interactions, and expert scientific consulting.
• Develop and write analytical methods and operating procedures according to specific sample or testing requirements.
• Maintain XRD instrumentation per written GMP procedures to ensure optimal operations and quality data generation.
• Prepare expertly written scientific reports, proposals, and internal documents.
• Demonstrate flexibility in organizing work and priorities for delivering on client timelines.
• Possess excellent problem solving and decision-making skills to identify and solve issues.
• Perform other relevant duties as may be reasonably assigned in the course of business.

Benefits

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform

What This Job Offers

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