Chemistry Research Associate/Scientist

SequLITE Genomics US, Inc.; Dublin (CA); On-site; USD 64,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

PTO and holidays

401k

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Life insurance

Snacks and events

Job summary

Sequlite Genomics is seeking a full-time Chemistry RA/Scientist to join our SF Bay Area–based R&D team. The role collaborates with researchers and engineers to tackle chemistry, molecular biology, and process development challenges.

The candidate will work on surface modification chemistry, analysis, and scale-up support for technology transfer to manufacturing. A PhD or MS in chemistry or related field is required, with hands-on synthesis and characterization experience.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in chemistry, chemical engineering, or related scientific discipline.
• Expertise in synthetic organic chemistry, surface chemistry, oligonucleotides, and/or bioconjugation.
• Excellent bench skills with hands-on synthesis, purification, and characterization.
• Creativity, initiative, and strong problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to communicate with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Explore new chemistry of surface modification.
• Provide day-to-day chemistry support.
• Perform analysis and interpretation of data.
• Develop and optimize processes.
• Support scale-up and technology transfer of process from R&D to manufacturing.

Skills

Synthetic organic chemistry

Surface chemistry

Oligonucleotides

Bioconjugation

Bench skills

Education

MS/PhD in chemistry or chemical engineering

Job description

Sequlite Genomics is a growing life sciences company who is developing a Next-Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS) platform to enable sequencing for everyone. This Bay Area subsidiary of Fapon Biotech is located in the SF East Bay Tri-Valley area. We are looking for a full-time Chemistry RA/Scientist to join our R&D team. This position will work with a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers to solve challenging chemistry, molecular biology, and engineering problems.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Explore new chemistry of surface modification
• Provide day-to-day chemistry support
• Perform analysis and interpretation of data
• Develop and optimize processes
• Support scale-up and technology transfer of process from R&D to manufacturing

Requirements:

• MS/Ph.D. in chemistry, chemical engineering, or related scientific discipline.
• Expertise in synthetic organic chemistry, surface chemistry, oligonucleotides, and/or bioconjugation.
• Excellent bench skills with an interest and demonstrated ability to perform hands-on synthesis, purification, and characterization experiments.
• Creativity, initiative, and strong problem-solving abilities
• Ability and willingness to communicate and interact effectively with multidisciplinary teams

Preferred:

• Someone who keeps current on new scientific knowledge and discoveries in order to identify opportunities in the biotechnology field

Our facilities are located near the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station and easily accessible by I-680/I-580. We offer competitive salary, PTO, holidays, 401k, comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, life insurance, free snacks and drinks, monthly creative company events, etc. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

A reasonable estimate of the salary range at the time of this posting is：$64,480 - $144,900 (including RA, Sr. RA, Scientist I,II, Staff Scientist and Sr. Staff Scientist). Title and compensation will depend on the candidate's qualifications and experience. This range may be modified in the future.