Scientist​/Senior Scientist - Technical Operations

Scientist/Senior Scientist - Technical Operations

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Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager, the Scientist/Senior Scientist will support the Reaction Class Expansion and Reaction Class Validation projects in efficiently executing strategic research and development experiments. The Scientist/Senior Scientist’s main task is to utilise Chemify’s Platform to create and maintain an industry-leading data set of reaction processes, conditions and results for the broadest possible range of chemical space. To use data to identify need for new functionality, to ensure high‑quality, reproducible, high‑throughput and safe chemical manufacturing.

The Scientist/Senior Scientist will be exposed to and learn to operate a breadth of cutting‑edge technologies in collaboration with a multi‑disciplinary team.

The ideal candidate will be a smart, enthusiastic, energetic, and ambitious individual excited to wear many hats and contribute to the overall success of the company in a variety of capacity as the needs evolve.

• Plan and oversee research experiments on Chemify’s automated chemistry platform, both gram‑scale and high‑throughput
• Review analytical data, identify trends, summarise findings and plan next steps
• Work with colleagues in Software to identify new tools required to enable workflow
• Work with colleagues in Hardware to specify highest priority improvements to enable more automated chemistry
• Create new process and draft training procedures as appropriate
• Collaboration with multi‑disciplinary team to solve complex technical problems

• Degree (BSc or MSc) in Chemistry
• PhD in Chemistry or equivalent (3‑4 years) industrial experience
• 2+ years post‑doctoral or industrial experience (ideally Medicinal Chemistry)
• Strong synthetic organic background
• Ability to think abstractly about chemical reactions and processes
• Encyclopaedic knowledge of reaction mechanisms and conditions
• Familiarity with common chemical industry software tools (Chem Draw, Mestre Nova, Reaxys etc.)
• Oral and written communication skills (English fluency)
• Desirable: any experience with DoE, Data science, Python
• Desirable: any background in automation
• Desirable: any experience in process engineering