Consulting Scientists

Overview

Waters Corporation is seeking an accomplished scientific leader to drive next‑generation materials innovation for advanced bioseparations. As a Senior Principal Scientist within the Bio Separations Portfolio of the Chemistry & Lab Automation Business Unit, you will define and lead the scientific strategy for novel chromatographic materials and enabling chemistries for biologics ranging from oligonucleotides, viral vectors, and mRNA to proteins, peptides, and gene‑editing therapeutics.

This is a highly visible technical leadership role intended for a deeply innovative scientist with exceptional expertise in particle synthesis, surface chemistry, biomolecular concepts, and advanced materials manufacturing. The successful candidate will serve as a scientific authority across the organization, shaping long‑term technology roadmaps, driving intellectual property generation, and translating breakthrough materials science into commercially impactful analytical solutions.

You will collaborate across research, engineering, manufacturing, applications, marketing, and external scientific partners to create transformative separation technologies that define the future of biopharmaceutical analysis and lab scale purification. In addition to leading innovation in material design, you will help advance next‑generation manufacturing strategies for Waters particle and bonded‑phase production, including scalable and data‑rich manufacturing approaches, advanced process characterization, and in‑process analytical testing methodologies.

• Define and drive long‑range scientific strategy for advanced chromatographic particle technologies supporting next‑generation separations of biomolecules.
• Conceive, invent, and develop novel polymeric and hybrid silica/polymer materials platforms for high‑performance separations.
• Serve as a recognized technical authority in particle synthesis, surface functionalization, and biomolecular interaction engineering.
• Lead development of enabling materials technologies spanning silica, polymeric, hybrid, and ligand‑coupled systems, as needed.
• Drive scientific innovation from early concept through scalable product commercialization.

• Develop advanced synthetic methodologies including sol‑gel, colloidal, emulsion, controlled polymerization, and hybrid materials approaches.
• Design highly reproducible and scalable manufacturing processes with strong yield, robustness, and quality characteristics.
• Advance state‑of‑the‑art surface chemistries for selective characterization, quantification, and purification of proteins, nucleic acids, viral vectors, and emerging therapeutic modalities.
• Integrate materials science, separation science, and biomolecular understanding to solve complex analytical challenges.

• Partner closely with chromatography scientists, biochemists, engineers, manufacturing teams, and business leadership to align innovation with portfolio strategy and customer needs.
• Influence portfolio direction through scientific insight, competitive awareness, and emerging technology assessment.
• Identify, develop, and protect intellectual property opportunities; contribute substantially to Waters’ innovation pipeline and patent portfolio.
• Represent Waters externally through scientific publications, conference presentations, collaborations, and strategic partnerships.

• Mentor and provide technical leadership to scientists across multiple disciplines and levels.
• Foster a culture of scientific excellence, creativity, rigor, and collaboration.
• Lead complex, high‑impact technical initiatives with significant business and scientific visibility.
• Drive data‑based decision making through rigorous interpretation and communication of complex experimental results.

• Maintain rigorous laboratory documentation, ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety, and quality standards.

• PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline with 10+ years of industrial R&D experience developing advanced…