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FSP - Scientist - Drug Product Analytical

San Diego, California, USA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-06 → 2026-10-07
On-siteNo visa sponsorship

Core

Provide hands-on analytical support for drug product formulation and process development of parenteral pharmaceutical products across preclinical and clinical development.

Role type

Scientist (Analytical Chemistry)

Builds

High-quality, decision-enabling data for formulation selection, stability assessment, and process optimization

Domain

Pharmaceutical development (parenteral drugs)

Required skills

HPLC/UPLC operation and troubleshooting, reversed-phase chromatography, size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), stability study design and execution, method development and validation, data integrity management, root cause analysis, technical reporting (via careerplan.io/jobs/R-01370598-fsp-scientist-drug-product-analytical-at-thermofisher)

Preferred skills

Parenteral drug product formulation experience, ion-exchange chromatography (IEX), complementary characterization techniques (pH, osmolality, particulates, cIEF, ceSDS), CMC documentation

Technologies

HPLC, UPLC, SEC, IEX, chromatography data systems

Responsibilities

Design and execute analytical testing for preformulation, formulation screening, and process development; Perform routine and non-routine analytical testing including assay, purity, and degradation-product analysis; Operate, troubleshoot, and maintain HPLC/UPLC instrumentation; Analyze and trend analytical data to support formulation and process-development decisions; Prepare and maintain laboratory notebooks, test methods, protocols, and reports

Seniority

Mid-level Scientist (2+ years experience or Master's degree)