Scientist Drug Substance Development

About Varda

Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure from inorbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules.

From lifesaving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optics there is a world of products used on Earth today that can only be manufactured in space. Varda is accelerating innovation in the orbital economy by creating both the products and infrastructure needed so space can directly benefit life on Earth. Our mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind.

Our team is uniquely suited to accomplishing this goal with leadership and staff comprised of veterans from SpaceX Blue Origin major pharmaceutical companies and Silicon Valley. Varda was founded in January 2021 by Will Bruey and Delian Asparouhov with significant backing from world class investors including Khosla Ventures Lux Capital Founders Fund Caffeinated Capital General Catalyst and Also Capital.

Varda is headquartered in El Segundo California where we have offices and a production facility where our vehicles equipment and materials are built integrated and tested. Varda also has offices in Washington DC and Huntsville AL (coming soon).

Join Varda and work to create a bustling inspace ecosystem.

About This Role

Our team is looking for highly motivated and creative candidates who will lead efforts in improving therapeutics with microgravity. This is an opportunity in an exciting area of growth for Varda the role will shape Vardas culture and will play a significant role in establishing the low earth orbit economy.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for pharmaceutical development projects
• The candidate will be responsible for supporting drug substance development including characterization of materials crystallization screening and earlystage process characterization
• Responsibilities include design planning and handson of laboratory studies
• Drug substance characterization spans solidstate physicochemical and particle analysis
• Collaborate with process engineers and analytical development scientists

Basic Qualifications

• Ph.D. in materials science chemical engineering organic chemistry biochemistry or related fields or M.S. degree in related field with 3 years of industry experience

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Ph.D. degree in relevant field with 3 years of industry experience
• Experienced in drug substance development of small molecules (solvent screen form screening and selection stability studies) or biologics (biophysical characterization stability studies crystallization screening).
• Experience with cradletocrave development from early R&D through commercialization

Pay Range

• Salary Range: $120000.00 $180000.00/per year
• This role isonsitein El Segundo CA
• Leveling and base salary is determined by jobrelated skills education level experience level and job performance
• You will be eligible for longterm incentives in the form of stock options and/or longterm cash awards

• Varda like all employers must ensure that its employees working in the United States are lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. Additionally our employees are exposed to and have access to certain exportcontrolled items. At present some of our technology to which employees have access requires a license to be exported to individuals other than U.S. Persons as defined in U.S. export regulations. Because our employees are provided access to exportcontrolled items our current policy is to only hire U.S. persons who are permitted to have access to our technology without an export license.

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