Analytical Development Scientist

Job Description

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll be part of a high performing team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of $22 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make the world cleaner and safer.

Location/Division Specific Information:  Our Cincinnati Pharmaceutical Services site develops and manufactures a wide range of oral solid dose drug products.

How will you make an impact?

As an Analytical Development Scientist you will perform analytical methods for sophisticated testing of raw materials, release samples, and stability samples.  You will also perform validation and development of analytical test methods.

What will you do?

• Conduct complex chemical and physical testing of pharmaceutical raw materials, finished products, and stability samples by internally developed and compendial test methods.
• Verify and process analytical data.
• Participate in the validation and development of test methods for pharmaceutical raw materials and finished products for strength, impurities, identity, and dissolution by HPLC, GC, spectroscopy, and traditional quantitative analysis.  
• Maintain and troubleshoot analytical instrumentation as needed.
• Clearly and accurately communicate the results of work by creating documentation of the testing/analysis and its results. Record and report results of analysis in accordance with prescribed lab procedures and systems.
• Maintain and instrumentation and testing materials.
• Perform all duties in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Laboratory Practices, and Safety guidelines.

How will you get there?

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in science required, preferably in Chemistry. Advanced degree preferred.

Experience:

3 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, analytical development or quality control.

Skills

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of chemistry and analytical instrumental technologies.
• Excellent knowledge of qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis.
• Excellent understanding of quality and regulatory requirements in the pharmaceutical industry, including pharmaceutical GMPs and descriptive organic chemistry.
• Excellent problem solving skills and logical approach to solving scientific problems.
•  Excellent proficiency with HPLC, GC, LC/MS and Dissolution techniques (method development and validation).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written). Good presentation skills to present information to customers, clients, and other employees. Good leadership skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures and governmental regulations. Ability to write standard operating procedures and policy manuals.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations, to such tasks as determination of test reliability, analysis of variance, and correlation techniques.