Scientist/Senior Scientist - Technical Operations

Chemify Ltd; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering chemistry technology firm in Glasgow is seeking a Scientist/Senior Scientist to lead research on an automated chemistry platform. The ideal candidate will possess a PhD and relevant industrial experience in chemistry, demonstrating strong skills in synthetic organic chemistry and data interpretation. This role involves overseeing experiments, collaborating with a diverse team, and contributing innovative solutions to drive the company's success. A dynamic and growing environment awaits the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemistry with a PhD or equivalent industrial experience.
• 2+ years post-doctoral or industrial experience, ideally in Medicinal Chemistry.
• Strong background in synthetic organic chemistry with knowledge of reaction mechanisms.

Responsibilities

• Plan and oversee research experiments on Chemify's chemistry platform.
• Review analytical data, identify trends, and summarize findings.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team to solve complex technical problems.

Skills

Synthetic organic chemistry

Data interpretation skills (NMR, UPLC-MS)

Oral and written communication skills

Familiarity with chemical industry software (ChemDraw, MestreNova)

Python

Education

Degree (BSc or MSc) in Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry or equivalent

Tools

ChemDraw

MestreNova

Reaxys

Job description

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About Chemify

Chemify is creating a future where important molecules, drugs and currently unimaginable new materials are instantly accessible; thereby radically increasing the speed of innovation, quality of life, and reach of humanity. The company is building the infrastructure to digitize chemistry for the design, discovery and synthesis of new molecules with the desired function and properties instantly and on-demand. Chemify has built a platform that combines purpose-built programming languages, robotics, AI, and the world's largest and continuously growing database of chemical programs to accelerate chemical discovery to new, transformative heights.

Chemify is supported by some of the best investors from Silicon Valley and across the world, including Triatomic Capital, BlueYard ventures, DCVC, Founders Fund, and others.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager, the Scientist/Senior Scientist will support the Reaction Class Expansion and Reaction Class Validation projects in efficiently executing strategic research and development experiments. The Scientist/Senior Scientist's main task is to utilise Chemify's Platform to create and maintain an industry-leading data set of reaction processes, conditions and results for the broadest possible range of chemical space. To use data to identify need for new functionality, to ensure high-quality, reproducible, high-throughput and safe chemical manufacturing.

The Scientist/Senior Scientist will be exposed to and learn to operate a breadth of cutting-edge technologies in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.

The ideal candidate will be a smart, enthusiastic, energetic, and ambitious individual excited to wear many hats and contribute to the overall success of the company in a variety of capacity as the needs evolve.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and oversee research experiments on Chemify's automated chemistry platform, both gram-scale and high-throughput
• Review analytical data, identify trends, summarise findings and plan next steps
• Work with colleagues in Software to identify new tools required to enable workflow
• Work with colleagues in Hardware to specify highest priority improvements to enable more automated chemistry
• Create new process and draft training procedures as appropriate
• Collaboration with multi-disciplinary team to solve complex technical problems

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree (BSc or MSc) in Chemistry
• PhD in Chemistry or equivalent (3-4 years) industrial experience
• 2+ years post-doctoral or industrial experience (ideally Medicinal Chemistry)
• Strong synthetic organic background
• Ability to think abstractly about chemical reactions and processes
• Encyclopaedic knowledge of reaction mechanisms and conditions
• Data interpretation skills (NMR, UPLC-MS)
• Familiarity with common chemical industry software tools (ChemDraw, MestreNova, Reaxys etc.)
• Oral and written communication skills (English fluency)
• Desirable: any experience with DoE, Data science, Python
• Desirable: any background in automation
• Desirable: any experience in process engineering