Chemist

The Reagent Design Group is looking for a highly motivated R&D Chemist to join our team, dedicated to designing quality reagents that advance our immunoassay pipeline. A successful candidate will have solid technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, learning agility, and excel in a highly collaborative and multidisciplinary working environment. As a crucial member of our team, this senior scientist will lead efforts to design and optimize critical reagents for innovative assay products across various technology platforms.

What will you do?

• Plan and execute multi-step small molecule synthesis, protein conjugate preparation, and purification.

• Characterize reagents with various analytical tools and analyze data to control quality and establish predictive analytics.

• Apply statistical design of experiments to define reagent design space.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize reagent designs and meet assay performance and manufacturing requirements.

• Communicate reagent design, results, and conclusions to a multidisciplinary audience to drive actions and facilitate decision-making.

• Document experiments and other lab or production activities. Prepare reports and design history files.

• Participate in project timeline creation and management to accomplish project goals on time and with a high degree of quality.

• Order and maintain equipment and work area.

• Identify methods to continually improve reagent processes and increase efficiency.

• Maintain knowledge of products and procedures, developments in the field and industry, and regulatory environment. Adhere to appropriate procedures and regulatory requirements.

• Participate in conferences, webinars, and seminars to continue to develop knowledge base.

What do you need to succeed?

• Ph.D. in organic chemistry and 1-3 years of experience working in an industry setting (or postdoc equivalent) is required.

• Expertise in multi-step small molecule synthesis, purification, and characterization.

• Broad experience in protein conjugation chemistry, formulation, conjugate purification, and characterization is highly desired.

• Experience in assay design and new product development is preferred.

• Proven critical thinking, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

• Strong initiative, result-oriented, flexible, positive attitude, and passion for learning and developing new technical and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to create and manage work plans to meet timelines with minimal supervision.

• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills.

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Ability to maintain timely, accurate, and clear documentation.

• Well-versed in safe laboratory practices.

What you can expect from us:

• Starting salary will be $100, 000 based on experience

• Opportunity for annual cash bonus

• Health / Dental / Vision Benefits Day-One

• 5% matching 401k

• Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much more

If you're looking for a role that'll challenge you, offer a variety of work and learning, while helping an amazing industry, we'd love to hear from you!

Why IDEXX:

We're proud of the work we do because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.

So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that

drives improvement.

Let's pursue what matters together.

IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited

by local, state, or federal laws.

While we appreciate our staffing partners, we are unable to accept unsolicited agency resumes.

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