Senior Research Scientist, Mass Spectrometry

CK Group are recruiting for a Senior Research Scientist Mass Spectrometry to join a global biotechnology company on a contract basis for 12 months.

Salary: £270 per day - £330 per day PAYE.

• Design develop and validate robust small molecule MS-based assays for drug discovery.
• Optimize assay conditions to ensure high sensitivity specificity and reproducibility for small molecule detection and quantification
• Collaborate with structural biology and biophysics teams to integrate MS data with structural and biophysical insights
• Work closely with medicinal chemists biologists and other scientists to align assay development with project goals.
• Ensure compliance with laboratory SOPs and detailed record keeping in an electronic notebook
• Maintain operate and troubleshoot LCMS instrumentation for routine and novel assays

• Relevant Ph.D. or equivalent experience with a proven track record of small molecule mass spec delivery
• Experience running and analysing quantitative small molecule mass spec assays
• Practical experience working with triple quad MS platforms
• Hands‑on experience troubleshooting complex instrumentation
• Experience of small molecule Affinity Selection Mass Spectrometry (AS‑MS) is desirable.

Our client is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases.

This role is based at our client’s site in Abingdon Oxfordshire.

For more information or to apply for this Senior Research Scientist Mass Spectrometry contract please contact the Key Accounts Team on or email. Please quote reference 174 188.

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.

Please note:

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Employment Type :
Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Daily Salary Salary : £ 270 - 330