Senior Scientist, Chemistry & Materials

Senior Scientist, Chemistry & Materials –
MESO SCALE DIAGNOSTICS, LLC.

This role develops, plans, and executes basic and applied research and development in areas including electrochemiluminescence, electroactive/conducting materials, light emitting materials, electroanalytical chemistry, polymer chemistry, transition metal organometallic chemistry, photochemistry, and/or photophysics. The incumbent contributes to new product development through methods, assays, reagents, and instrumentation platforms used in life science or clinical fields, collaborates across interdisciplinary teams, and may supervise direct reports.

• Independently designs and executes complex experiments to support research, feasibility, and product development.
• Performs material and compound formulation, synthesis, and develops analytical and research tools and methods, handling moisture-sensitive and air-sensitive compounds.
• Prepares experimental procedures, maintains laboratory notebooks, and records batch/test data to support product development and research efforts.
• Procures reagents and equipment needed for experiments.
• Oversees data analysis using appropriate software, prepares tables and graphs, and may include coding (Python, MATLAB, R, Image
  
  J, VBA/Excel).
• Maintains instrumentation and anticipates full scope of project goals.
• Presents findings and communications to peer groups, managers, and customers; makes recommendations for project advancement.
• Troubleshoots and optimizes experiments, communicating issues and solutions to group and managers.
• Prepares invention disclosures, patent applications, posters, and papers.
• Works within and/or leads technical teams with minimal input from manager to accomplish project goals and manages work of other team members.
• Stays abreast of technological developments, expands knowledge through independent learning.
• Performs literature and market research on new research or product areas.
• Works cross-functionally with other departments on projects/products or associated deliverables.
• Establishes and monitors direct report performance and development goals, assigns accountabilities, sets objectives, establishes priorities, and provides continuous coaching and recognition on performance.
• Takes on extra roles as needed to support the R&D organization, such as training or lab management activities.
• Understands, follows, and enforces laboratory safety precautions to ensure compliance with company safety policies.

• Ph.D. in Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics, Engineering, or related fields with 2 years of independent and productive research or development experience.
• Master’s degree may be considered with at least 8 years of independent and productive research or development experience in relevant field.
• Minimum of four years laboratory experience with proven hands-on technical abilities.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas is required: conducting materials, electrochemistry, materials science, interfacial chemistry, inorganic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and/or organometallic chemistry.
• Experience in analyzing complex scientific data required.
• Supervisory/management experience is desirable.

• Strong scientific fundamentals and experience analyzing complex scientific data.
• Strong understanding of physical science fundamentals in chemistry, materials science, electrochemistry, and physics.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize, manipulate, and characterize conducting, light-emitting materials, and/or polymers, small molecules, and organometallic/inorganic compounds is desirable.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and demonstrated ability to organize and move project tasks forward in an orderly and structured fashion.
• Project-level understanding and attention to detail with demonstrated commitment to excellence and performance.
• Demonstrated propensity to be creative, collaborative, proactive, and self‑motivated in the execution and completion of assigned tasks.
• Strong analytical skills with the demonstrated ability to gather and evaluate complex data and information and develop a…