R&D Chemist

ChemEngg Research Pvt. Ltd.; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

ChemEngg Research Pvt. Ltd. seeks a chemist to drive early-stage feasibility studies, route scouting, and molecule design for client innovation programs.

You will analyze literature-based routes, run small-scale trials prioritizing high-risk steps, and document findings meticulously to hand off to the scale-up team with clear, rediscovery-free guidance.

Strong attention to detail and ability to work with real constraints on reagents, equipment, and cost are essential.

Qualifications

• M.Sc. in Chemistry is required.
• Exposure to literature-based route development.
• Detail-oriented lab documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• Scout candidate routes from the literature and judge which are practical rather than merely published
• Run small-scale trials that test the largest unknown first, so a route that will fail fails early
• Assess feasibility against real constraints: reagent availability, equipment fit, and cost at the volume the client actually needs
• Hand promising routes to the scale-up team with enough documentation that nothing has to be rediscovered

Skills

Literature-based route development

Route scouting

Feasibility analysis

Lab documentation

Education

M.Sc. in Chemistry

Job description

This role sits at the front of the pipeline: feasibility studies, route scouting, and molecule design for client innovation programmes. It suits someone who enjoys the part of the work where the answer is not yet known.

Responsibilities

• Scout candidate routes from the literature and judge which are practical rather than merely published
• Run small-scale trials that test the largest unknown first, so a route that will fail fails early
• Assess feasibility against real constraints: reagent availability, equipment fit, and cost at the volume the client actually needs
• Hand promising routes to the scale-up team with enough documentation that nothing has to be rediscovered

Requirements

• M.Sc. in Chemistry
• Exposure to literature-based route development
• Detail-oriented lab documentation practices