Chemist

Imagine yourself… Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project. Contributing to a brighter, more sustainable future. At Hach, a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative.

We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions. As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and where you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that help safeguard our water and environment.

We offer:

• Professional onboarding and training opportunities.
• A supportive team of chemists and cross-functional partners.
• Career coaching.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Health benefits.
• 401(k).

Reporting to the Chemistry Manager, the Chemist I will research, develop, design, modify, and test chemical products and applications used with Hach instrumentation. You will work with chemists and cross-functional partners in engineering, marketing, operations, production, and service to transform analytical concepts into reliable, manufacturable solutions that help customers address important water‑analysis challenges. This position is part of the Chemistry department, located in Loveland, Colorado, and will be onsite.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Developing new chemical methods of analysis for use with Hach instrumentation.
• Applying analytical techniques, chemical principles, and laboratory practices to new analysis products.
• Developing reagent formulations and quality control procedures while partnering with operations to support manufacturability.
• Planning and conducting experiments, interpreting results, and using statistical analysis or design of experiments when appropriate.
• Documenting development work through clear laboratory records, status updates, and technical reports.
• Collaborating with engineering, marketing, production, service, and customer-facing teams to solve analytical problems and understand market applications.
• Maintaining a safe laboratory environment and following quality systems, hazardous materials, and departmental procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or a closely related scientific field.
• At least one year of hands‑on laboratory experience outside standard coursework, gained through professional employment, an internship, a co‑op, or substantive university research.
• Experience applying chemical principles and analytical laboratory techniques to prepare, test, characterize, or troubleshoot chemical samples.
• Demonstrated experience documenting experiments, analyzing results, and communicating technical information to both technical and non‑technical partners.
• Ability to work on site in Loveland, Colorado.

The anticipated salary range is $55,000–$65,000, commensurate with experience, and this position is also eligible for bonus pay. The compensation range for this role is $55,000 - $65,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible…