Chemist San Diego CA
Chemist San Diego CA
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Job Description
Job Title Chemist
Location San Diego CA
Duration 12 Months Contract
Total Hours/week 40.00
1st Shift
Description Summary:
Serve as chemist supporting the development of watersoluble fluorescent dyes. Individual will primarily support the prototyping troubleshooting and scaling of development materials. Responsibilities include purification analysis and modification of watersoluble dyes. Individual must be comfortable working in crossfunctional teams under defined deadlines. The successful candidate will have experience with organic synthesis polymer and macromolecule separations and/or analytical characterization with excellent attention to detail and ability to follow standard documented processes.
Primary Duties:
Perform a variety of small molecule and polymer processing purification and characterization steps to support the generation of new materials
Characterize materials by various chromatography methods including HPLC/SEC/IEC chromatography using established standard processes
Perform small scale dye labeling / bioconjugation reactions according to established standard processes
Optical characterization of the polymer dyes including measurement of absorbance and fluorescence emission spectra.
Remove solvent via rotary evaporation and/or lyophilization
Support documentation and archiving of R&D results in company databases
Prepare outgoing materials and supporting (QC) documentation
Provide assistance as needed to maintain functioning laboratory; including glassware cleaning material ordering inventory control and other duties.
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Knowledge and Skills:
Organic Synthesis:
Basic organic synthesis skills
Ability to follow established reaction protocols and standard processes
Analytical Skills:
Experience operating HPLC/SEC/IEC equipment using established protocols preferred
Basic experience with UV/Vis and/or fluorescence spectroscopy
Documentation in lab notebooks checklists and basic databases
Additional Laboratory Skills:
Labeling and packaging
Familiarity with separation/purification methods is a plus
Other:
Strong attention to detail
Works in a team based environment
Multitask to cover a variety of job functions
Comfortable working in a fastpaced environment
Demonstrated ability to follow established policies and procedures
Demonstrated ability to maintain neat accurate and complete notebook and batch records
Ability to independently perform and analyze data and identify issues in routine tests
Familiarity with operation of routine laboratory instruments and applicable software
Education and Experience:
Typically requires BS in Chemistry or similar Life Science discipline
Typically requires minimum of 2 years of experience in a laboratory setting
Employment Type
Full Time
