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Senior Scientist I - Early Analytical Development, Synthetic Molecules

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-15 → 2026-07-31

Core

Conceive, implement, and execute novel scientific research and development for early phase development of new synthetic molecules (peptides, siRNA, ADC payloads, small molecules) to transition candidates from Discovery into Development Sciences.

Role type

Senior Scientist I/II, Analytical R&D

Builds

New synthetic modality drug substances and impurity profiles for preclinical and clinical development

Domain

Pharmaceutical R&D, Analytical Chemistry, Synthetic Molecules

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

HPLC analysis and method development, Mass Spectrometry, organic chemistry (stereoisomers, functional groups, pKa), spectroscopic techniques, data processing and visualization, method development, analytical control strategies

Preferred skills

Synthetic organic chemistry, chromatographic analysis (GC), advanced analytics

Technologies

HPLC, GC, Mass Spectrometry, computerized data handling systems

Responsibilities

Lead and support new synthetic modality product development from an analytical perspective; conduct R&D studies on drug substances and impurities; develop and troubleshoot analytical methods; formulate conclusions and design follow-on experiments based on multidisciplinary data; implement analytical control strategies to advance drug discovery candidates.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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