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Sr Scientist I, Automation Development

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-06 → 2026-07-31

Core

Develop and implement automated, data-enabled workflows to accelerate decision-making and improve throughput in early development sciences for drug discovery and development.

Role type

Senior Scientist I, Automation Development (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Builds

Integrated capabilities for profiling physicochemical properties, screening preclinical formulations, and advancing platform workflows for emerging modalities.

Domain

Pharmaceutical industry, Drug Discovery, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), Biopharmaceutics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Assay development, Chemical automation, Integrated workflow design, Physicochemical property assessment, Preclinical formulation strategies, Workflow optimization, Data analysis workflows, Laboratory instrumentation integration, Assay miniaturization, Solubility and stability profiling

Preferred skills

Machine learning and model-building concepts, Custom scientific programming and scripting, High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), Mass spectrometry, Powder X-ray diffraction (pXRD), Optical microscopy, Light scattering techniques, Thermal analysis, Biophysical characterization techniques

Technologies

Liquid handlers, HPLC, Mass spectrometry, pXRD, Optical microscopy, Light scattering equipment, Thermal analysis instruments

Responsibilities

Develop and implement automated and data-enabled workflows that accelerate decision-making and improve throughput. Contribute to the profiling of physicochemical properties and the screening and development of preclinical formulations. Advance platform workflows for emerging modalities such as PROTACs and peptides. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to build and optimize integrated capabilities supporting pipeline progression. Generate, structure, and capture data in a consistent and traceable manner to support predictive modeling and AI/ML applications.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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