Senior Materials Scientist, Solid-State Pharma

Eurofins; Groton, Northern (CT, KY); Hybrid; USD 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental and vision options

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a highly innovative Senior Scientist – Pharmaceutical Materials Scientist in Groton, CT. The position focuses on non-traditional solid-form strategies for beyond Rule-of-5 molecules, including PROTACs, RIPTACs, and molecular glues, with emphasis on ASD formulations and predictive models.

The role entails advanced solid-state work, collaborative screening activities, and contribution to new scientific approaches within the Materials Science organization.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree (MS) with 2+ years of experience or a PhD in pharmaceutical science, chemistry, chemical engineering, or related field.
• Experience in pharmaceutical solid state characterization techniques (such as XRD, PLM, DSC, TGA, spectroscopy). Strong data analysis and interpretation skills.
• Experience with infrared spectroscopy (FTIR, NIR, FT-Raman) and/or SSNMR.
• Experience with solving Materials Science problems related to large molecules and solid-state chemistry.
• Experience with amorphous solid dispersion strategies and innovative solid form screening.
• Understanding of physical, analytical, and organic chemistry; strong organizational and communication skills.
• Experience in mathematical modeling.

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced solid-state characterization of large bRo5 molecules of pharmaceutical relevance.
• Apply novel crystallization techniques to recrystallize bRo5 molecules.
• Support multidisciplinary project teams and collaborate to define screening activities for crystallization, polymorph, salt, and co-crystal screening.
• Collaborate with Medicinal Chemistry, Formulation and Biopharmaceutics to align strategies with solid form selection for clinical studies.
• Solve scientific problems using contemporary Materials Science experimental techniques.
• Contribute to development of new scientific approaches within Materials Science.
• Maintain contemporaneous and accurate entries in the electronic lab notebook per good practice.

Skills

Solid-state characterization

Data analysis

Materials science

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience or PhD in pharmaceutical science

PhD in related field (optional)

Tools

X-ray powder diffraction

Polarized light microscopy

DSC / TGA

FTIR / NIR / FT-Raman

SSNMR

Job description

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a highly innovative Senior Scientist – Pharmaceutical Materials Scientist in Groton, CT. The position focuses on non-traditional solid-form strategies for beyond Rule-of-5 molecules, including PROTACs, RIPTACs, and molecular glues, with emphasis on ASD formulations and predictive models.

The role entails advanced solid-state work, collaborative screening activities, and contribution to new scientific approaches within the Materials Science organization.