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Planet Pharma

Scientist

Pay: $45–$48/hr

Posted: 3 weeks ago

Location: Watertown, MA (Onsite)

Last Updated: 3 days ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 10/12/2026

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What they do

An Analytical Chemist studies the chemical components of materials in a mixture or sample, to identify the components and quantify them. May work to develop new pharmaceutical products or provide quality control or toxicology testing for products.

$90,529 / year median in Massachusetts

+8% projected growth

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Job Description

Scientist at Planet Pharma Scientist at Planet Pharma in Watertown, Massachusetts Posted in 1 day ago.

Type:

full-time

Job Description:

Scientist, Analytical Development Cambridge, MA 6 month initial contract

Pay:

$45-48hr

MUST BE A US CITIZEN

(C2C and Visas/OPT not accepted) Top skills: chromatographic separation mechanisms in both gas phase and liquid phase and structure elucidation expertise. And MS experience. The Scientist, is part of Analytical Development Starting Material Group and will be responsible for

Develop, qualify and transfer GC, HPLC, UPLC and mass spectrometry based assays of starting materials, raw materials, intermediates and excipients to suppliers, CMOs and QC.
Identify impurity profiles and provide data to set impurity limits.
Understand and apply advanced scientific principles, theories, concepts, practices and standards to process and analytical development. Author and review method development and qualification reports and SOP's for test methods, as well as transfer / qualification protocols and reports related to critical starting materials / intermediates / excipients.
Provide analytical support externally and internally. Qualifications
Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry or related disciplines with > 1 year biopharmaceutical experience or equivalent.
Master degree with > 5 years biopharmaceutical experience respectively, with demonstrated chromatographic separation, method development / qualification and structure elucidation expertise.
Strong knowledge of fundamental chromatographic separation mechanisms in both gas phase and liquid phase, proven years of excellent hands-on method development and optimization experience on HPLC, UPLC and GC for separation of molecules and isomers.
Sound background in organic chemistry with a focus on structure characterization and elucidation of synthetic molecules through determination and interpretation of mass spectrometry and NMR data.
Self-motivated, excellent communication, writing and reviewing skills.
Familiarity with Waters and Agilent (U)HPLC and Mass Spectrometery hardware.
Familiarity with Empower, Masslynx, Masshunter, and XCalibur CDS are preferred.
Experience in peptide and/or oligonucletide analysis is a plus