Development Chemist: Fluorination & Process Development

FluoRok; Oxford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private pension

Private health insurance

Group life insurance

Share options plan

Job summary

FluoRok, an Oxford University spin-out, is developing safe, disruptive fluorinating processes and scaling up its technology. The Development Chemist will join a growing team of scientists and engineers working to advance fluorination chemistry worldwide.

Located at ARC Oxford, the role offers hands-on opportunities across R&D and pilot-scale production, contributing to process development and scale-up with cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Chemistry degree and 2+ years of relevant R&D experience.
• Experience with organic or inorganic synthesis.
• Right to live and work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Apply a range of synthetic and analytical methodologies to develop industrially relevant, next-generation syntheses of fluorinated compounds across a range of scales.
• Tackle R&D and process development challenges and develop new routes to fluorochemicals using our latest technology.
• Design and execute experimental work in inorganic and/or organic synthesis.
• Take ownership of technical projects, driving them from concept through to delivery.

Skills

2+ years R&D experience

Organic or inorganic synthesis

Right to live and work in the UK

Education

Chemistry degree (BSc/MChem/MSc or equivalent)

Tools

PXRD

Gloveboxes/Schlenk lines

Job description

FluoRok, an Oxford University spin-out, is developing safe, disruptive fluorinating processes and scaling up its technology. The Development Chemist will join a growing team of scientists and engineers working to advance fluorination chemistry worldwide.

Located at ARC Oxford, the role offers hands-on opportunities across R&D and pilot-scale production, contributing to process development and scale-up with cross-disciplinary collaboration.