Scientist - II

Details for the position are as follows:

• 6-month contract to start with the possibility of extension or conversion depending on performance.
• Rate: 44 an hour
• Location: Boston, MA

Job Description:

The Discovery Pharmaceutical Sciences team is a formulation team that is imbedded with drug discovery in the Client Research Laboratories. Our group profiles molecules, biologics and small molecules, and carries out key pre-formulation studies to develop formulation strategies to support candidate selection as well as clinical development.

Looking for a highly motivated individual who will support an experienced discovery formulation sciences team in profiling and formulating discovery molecules. This will involve the handling of chemical compounds and the preparation of small molecule and large molecule samples using manual and liquid handling robotics use of HPLC, HPSEC, various spectrophotometry and other analytical methods, documenting and reporting results in electronic notebooks.

• A typical day would include preparation of formulation components and molecules of interest to enable stability and performance testing.
• Testing is often done by HPLC based techniques (HPLC-UV, HPLC-SEC-RI) as well as electrophoresis methods. Thermal and X-ray analysis is also common to fully characterize small molecules and biologics.
• Your results would be captured in an electronic lab notebook and communicated to other team members as we support projects.
• The labs are a fast paced and exciting environment as your data will be key to decision making in our labs.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or a related field with 3 years of industry experience, or Master’s/PhD with 2 years of industry experience
• Hands-on experience with HPLC
• Expertise in small molecule or biologics analysis
• Proficiency in HPLC-UV or HPLC-SEC techniques
• Small-scale pre-formulation experience (preferred)
• Small-scale lipid nanoparticle (LNP) experience (preferred)