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Principal Research Scientist II, Process Chemistry

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead drug substance process development and characterization for small molecule clinical candidates, translating lab processes to scalable cGMP manufacturing.

Role type

Principal Research Scientist II (Process Chemistry)

Builds

Scalable drug substance processes for clinical candidates

Domain

Pharmaceutical process chemistry (small molecules)

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Organic chemistry, mechanistic theory, process development, control strategy development, regulatory starting material strategies, GMP manufacturing, mentoring scientific leaders

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Lead project teams for drug substance process development and characterization; Develop and characterize drug substance processes in the laboratory and translate them to scalable processes; Mentor staff in troubleshooting strategic and experimental issues; Author and review key regulatory documents, laboratory data, technical memos and reports

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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