Senior Scientist, Complex Organic Synthesis

Cambrex Corp.; Few (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life Insurance

Retirement Planning

Job summary

Cambrex Corp. is seeking an experienced organic chemist to join the chemical development team. You will perform routine and complex syntheses, purifications, and analytical evaluations to optimize active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, scalability, and yield.

Responsibility includes presenting results to clients and collaborators, coordinating with GMP operations, and contributing to project teams. Strong communication and problem‑solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Advanced understanding of general and organic chemistry.
• Experience with organic synthesis, isolations and purification procedures.
• Knowledge of reaction mechanisms and analytical techniques.
• Proficiency with NMR, IR, MS and HPLC instrumentation.
• Ability to scale synthesis from mg to kg.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with ChemDraw and MS Office applications.
• Detail oriented with problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out multistep organic syntheses, isolation, and purification.
• Analyze starting materials, reaction mixtures, intermediates, and products.
• Design new synthetic processes to produce drug substances.
• Coordinate with team and customers; present experimental work.
• Prepare summaries and reports for internal and client reviews.
• Ensure safety and regulatory compliance in the lab.
• Support transfer of processes to manufacturing teams.

Skills

Organic chemistry

Synthesis optimization

Reaction mechanisms

Analytical techniques

Purification & isolation

Scale-up knowledge

Communication skills

ChemDraw

MS Office

Attention to detail

Presentation of ideas

Education

Chemistry degree (BS/MS/PhD) with extensive experience

Tools

NMR

HPLC

IR

MS

ChemDraw & Office Suite

Job description

Cambrex Corp. is seeking an experienced organic chemist to join the chemical development team. You will perform routine and complex syntheses, purifications, and analytical evaluations to optimize active pharmaceutical ingredients for purity, scalability, and yield.

Responsibility includes presenting results to clients and collaborators, coordinating with GMP operations, and contributing to project teams. Strong communication and problem‑solving skills are essential.