Senior Scientist, Crystallisation & Solid-State Design

CatSci Ltd.; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Company pension

Annual bonus

Wellbeing program

Death in service cover

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

CatSci Ltd. in Cardiff invites applications for a Scientist/Senior Scientist – Crystallisation & Solid State.

You will work on diverse client programmes, applying crystallisation expertise to solve problems across drug discovery and development, delivering high-quality experimental work and helping develop colleagues in a supportive environment. The ideal candidate will have a PhD or equivalent industrial experience with pharmaceutical crystallisation expertise, including manufacturing context,

Qualifications

• PhD (or BSc/Masters plus equivalent industrial experience to PhD) in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy, or Pharmaceutical Science with a focus on pharmaceutical crystallisation and polymorphism
• Additional industrial experience beyond PhD, ideally in a manufacturing-oriented environment
• State-of-the-art knowledge of crystallisation methodologies relevant to drug substances
• Knowledge and understanding of the implications of Drug Substance manufacture on Drug Product development and manufacturing
• Proven history of delivering projects on-time and to a high level of scientific rigour
• Ability to deliver a high and safe standard of laboratory work whilst delivering value to multiple projects
• Familiarity with process analytical technologies in crystallisation process development (desired)
• Knowledge of data analytics and data visualisation tools (desired)

Responsibilities

• Designing, executing, and interpreting complex experimental studies in materials science, across our customer project portfolio
• Using chemical engineering principles, model-based design of experiments and control approaches to design and optimise crystallisation, isolation and drying operations for pharmaceutical materials
• Using crystallisation and solid-state expertise to design and execute experimental plans in Salt, Polymorph, and Co-crystal screening projects
• Supporting continuous improvement of workflows and technologies that develop CatSci’s solid state capability
• Use of thermal, spectroscopic, microscopy and particle characterisation methods
• Working effectively across functional boundaries and with our client teams to achieve project needs and share opportunities and challenges
• Taking personal responsibility for the quality, integrity, communication and delivery of crystallisation science on your projects, and maintaining strong operational relationships with customers

Job description

CatSci Ltd. in Cardiff invites applications for a Scientist/Senior Scientist – Crystallisation & Solid State.

You will work on diverse client programmes, applying crystallisation expertise to solve problems across drug discovery and development, delivering high-quality experimental work and helping develop colleagues in a supportive environment. The ideal candidate will have a PhD or equivalent industrial experience with pharmaceutical crystallisation expertise, including manufacturing context,