Research Scientist ; Analytical Development

Research Scientist I, Analytical Development – Albany, NY

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives.

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.

• 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
• And more!

The Research Scientist I, Particle Engineering is an integral 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 demonstrating service that goes above and beyond the ordinary. Having the right people on our team is critical to this mission.

The main activities of the Research Scientist I will be to perform and support cGMP analyses for particle characterization, including but not limited to particle size by laser light scattering, XRPD, BET surface area, and microscopy.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

• Analyze compounds using a range of analytical techniques
• Provide proficient and timely support for analytical techniques including laser diffraction particle size, XRPD, BET surface area analyses and microscopy
• Perform particle size method development and validation
• Provide technical support to assigned projects using robust scientific practices, which comply with standard operating procedures and scientific standards
• Manage workload and time to perform multiple projects effectively, and ensure all necessary paperwork is completed on a timely basis
• Communicate clearly and accurately with internal and external clients, both verbally and through written data summaries and reports
• Meet timelines for delivering on clients' expectations
• Perform maintenance and troubleshooting of instrumentation
• Prepare technical documents
• Comply with all cGMP, laboratory SOPs, and company policies and procedures
• Conduct laboratory operations in a safe manner. Maintain familiarity with the Chemical Hygiene Plan. Follow responsible actions regarding chemical disposal. Maintain compliance with all regulations at the federal, state, and local levels
• Comply with good housekeeping and safety practices according to our Environmental Health and Safety policies
• Perform other related duties as may be reasonably assigned in the course of business

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Material Sciences or a related science field
• Minimum 0-1 year of relevant experience

• Master’s degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or related science field

• Demonstrate proficiency in interpreting basic data sets and providing summaries
• Ability to assimilate previously gained knowledge and experience and apply those concepts, techniques, etc. to new and related project areas
• Ability to analyze compounds using a range of analytical techniques (e.g. PSA, XRPD, DSC, TGA, 1H NMR)
• Ability to understand and use basic risk assessment and root cause tools
• Basic understanding of ALCOA
• Chemical Hygiene training
• Demonstrate flexibility in organizing work and priorities
• Good problem solving and decision‑making skills
• Ability to utilize scientific software and learn how to interpret analytical data
• Ability to work on multiple…