Analytical Operations Specialist

Qnity Electronics, Inc.; Marlborough (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Qnity Electronics, Inc. in Marlborough, MA seeks an Analytical Operations Specialist to lead transfers and optimize lab processes across Raw Materials, Metals, Lithography, and Advanced Circuits analytical labs.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet testing requirements, drive efficiency, and advance new capabilities supporting manufacturing, quality and business needs. This is a 100% onsite role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in analytical laboratories or technical operations.
• Experience with analytical testing, method transfers, project execution, or lab improvements.
• Understanding of lab workflows, testing practices, and data quality expectations.
• Ability to lead projects, coordinate activities, and mentor personnel.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced technical environment.
• Ability to translate analytical data into actionable insights for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytical project and method transfers, including new products, materials, methods, and testing requirements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to define requirements, manage priorities, resolve challenges, and ensure project success.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance laboratory efficiency, cycle time, data quality, throughput and reliability.
• Use data and structured problem-solving to optimize workflows and standardize best practices.
• Identify and advance future laboratory capabilities, including instrumentation, automation, and digital tools.
• Support investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, training, and ongoing process improvement.
• Ensure laboratory activities meet safety, quality, regulatory, and audit-readiness requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Chemistry degree

Job description

Position Summary

Qnity is seeking a highly skilled Analytical Operations Specialist. This role will provide technical leadership and project support across Raw Materials, Metals, Lithography, and Advanced Circuits analytical laboratories. This role is responsible for accelerating analytical project transfers, improving laboratory processes, and advancing new capabilities that support manufacturing, quality, technology, and business needs.

The Analytical Specialist serves as a key connection between laboratory operations and cross-functional partners, ensuring analytical methods, materials, products, and testing requirements are successfully implemented while driving improvements in efficiency, reliability, data quality, and overall laboratory performance.

This position is 100% onsite reporting to our Marlborough, MA facility. Candidates who currently live within a daily commutable distance will be given priority.

What You’ll Do

• Lead analytical project and method transfers, including new products, materials, methods, and testing requirements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to define requirements, manage priorities, resolve technical challenges, and ensure successful project execution.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance laboratory efficiency, cycle time, data quality, throughput, and reliability.
• Use data and structured problem-solving to optimize workflows, standardize best practices, and deliver sustainable improvements.
• Identify and advance future laboratory capabilities, including new instrumentation, automation, digital tools, and analytical technologies.
• Support investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, training, and continuous improvement of analytical processes.
• Ensure laboratory activities meet applicable safety, quality, regulatory, documentation, and audit-readiness requirements.

What We’re Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Significant experience in an analytical laboratory, manufacturing support laboratory, or technical operations environment.
• Experience with analytical testing, method transfer, project execution, or laboratory improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of analytical laboratory workflows, testing practices, and data quality expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects, coordinate technical activities, or mentor technical personnel.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced technical environment.
• Demonstrated ability to translate analytical data into meaningful insights and communicate recommendations to internal customers and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting raw material analysis, metals testing, lithography, circuit materials, advanced circuits, or semiconductor manufacturing.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen, or similar continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience with method validation, method transfer, technology transfer, or new product introduction.
• Experience working within laboratory quality systems, ISO environments, or other controlled documentation systems.
• Experience evaluating, implementing, or qualifying new laboratory instrumentation, automation, digital systems, or analytical technologies.
• Experience applying structured root cause analysis and problem-solving methodologies.