Job Description

Job Title: Senior Scientist

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Location/Division
Fair View, NJ | Laboratory Chemicals Division


How will you make an impact?
Responsible for utilizing advanced chromatography instrument systems to drive the development of new analytical chemicals and bio-reagents.

What will you do?

• Assess and formulate new chemical reagents for use with advanced chromatography instruments
• Collaborate with Product Management to develop product specifications to meet market needs
• Contribute to the development of technical content for marketing programs
• Participate in new product development projects involving cross functional teams (operations, marketing, and sales) within a stage-gate process
• Take charge in originating, applying, and documenting new analytical methods and techniques to solve problems in R&D and to support existing chemical manufacturing processes and products
• Deliver technical presentations and written reports/publications (in-house and peer-reviewed) of new products and applications
• Update specifications and test methods to ensure chemical products are compliant with periodical monograph & specification changes from pharmacopeia (USP, EP, BP, JP, NF) and American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Participate in problem solving and troubleshooting in support of plant operations

• Monitor research trends to ensure leading edge development of relevant chemical products via literature searches and customer visits.

How will you get here?

Education

• MS/PhD in Analytical Chemistry/Bioanalytical Chemistry and 3+ year relevant work experience, or BS degree and 7+ year experience (industry preferred)

Experience

• Broad knowledge and experience in chemical analyses, experimental design, and statistical quality control
• Strong technical skills in the field of separation science including HPLC, LC-MS, LC-CAD, IC, GC-MS, ICP-MS, distillation, electrophoresis
• Experience with other analytical techniques such as AA, FTIR, Karl Fischer, gravimetric methods, titrimetric methods, and colorimetry methods
• At least two publications (first author preferred) in peer-reviewed scientific journals

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to handle timelines and prioritize effectively
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated dependability, team player, and positive attitude
• Excellent problem solving capabilities, strong interpretative data analysis, and high degree of computer literacy
• Demonstrated interpersonal and networking skills by mentoring individuals, team participation, group teaching, seminar/poster presentations, and customer communication
• Project management skills preferred

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 70,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com

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