R&D Chemist (Onsite Role In Loveland, CO)

At Hach (www.hach.com), we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every associate plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better-faster, simpler, greener and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

This position gives you a chance to work with Water Quality experts and Thought Leaders. Working on cutting edge chemistry technologies will enable you to explore the creative side of your mind to its fullest extent and help realize your potential.

Chemistry at Hach allows you to be part of the team helping resolve critical issues with the world's most vital resource- water. Your contributions will directly better the human life and allow future generations access to clean water. Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we're working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment. More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

Hach is proud to be a Water Quality company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO). Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments all united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources.

About the role: The R&D Chemist II works with a small team of chemists and cross-functional teams to research, develop, design, modify, test, and validate analytical instrumentation, chemical products and product applications. This position works to solve complex problems within the technology and chemistry teams and takes a new perspective using existing solutions. Continuous improvement mindset and attitude with minimal supervision and guidance for use with Hach's systems for analysis. Working in cross-functional teams (typically only one chemist); brainstorming, problem-solving; working with production/manufacturing.

This position is part of the R&D Chemistry team located in Loveland, Colorado and is onsite 5 days/week.

In this role you will:

• Research, design, develop and build analytical instrumentation that use optical, electrochemical technologies that will be used in water testing.

• Characterize the performance efficiencies of analyte recoveries using the newly developed analytical instruments and bench mark it with standard instruments.

• Develop and generate standard operating procedures for the instruments and develop methodologies for measuring contaminants in water matrices.

• Work closely with development, production and service teams to evaluate and implement solutions for water quality monitoring.

• Work closely with product management and sales team in commercialization of new/modified product or application launches.

• Write summary reports of research and development work completed to keep company personnel informed of project status.

• Review technical journals and competitive literature to maintain company competitiveness.

• Translate market understanding into applications projects and determine impact on original design of product.

Are you qualified?

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry or closely related field with 3+ years of industrial experience or Master's degree in chemistry with 1+ year of industrial experience or PhD degree in analytical chemistry.

• Established lab experience outside of coursework.

• Hands-on experience or sound knowledge on different optical and electrochemical technologies, common trouble shooting procedures and analytical methods (e.g., Total Organic Carbon, Ion selective electrodes, HPLC, FTIR, UV-vis, fluorescence etc.)

• Demonstrated ability in instrument design, characterization, function testing, problem solving.

• Clear ability to communicate and present and to communicate technical information to non-technical and technical associates.

The salary range for this role is $55,000 - $75,000. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in Colorado and may be modified in the future. Pay offered will vary based on factors such as job-related experience, training, skills and abilities.

This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This information is provided in compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.

This job is also eligible for bonus pay.

This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and other voluntary benefits.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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