CambrexScreening Scientist IIUK--Edinburgh
Job ID: 2026-4619
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Screening
Cambrex - Edinburgh
Overview- An enthusiastic team player with excellent communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to learn new skills and techniques.
- Application of knowledge to solve complex problems.
- Demonstrate high levels of motivation and the organizational planning tools to manage workload across multiple projects.
- Be commercially aware of business development needs.
- Knowledgeable of the pharmaceutical development continuum of APIs.
- Knowledge of polymorphism, salt/co-crystal screening, and peptide crystallization screening (essential).
- Ability to discuss complex technical data clearly and succinctly (essential).
- Ability to work safely in a lab environment, adhering to local SHE policies (essential).
- Experience of working independently and within a team in an R&D environment, within ISO9001 and/or cGMP quality standards (essential).
Responsibilities- Experience of working with small molecules and/or large molecules (peptide fragments, cyclic and linear peptides) and other complex modalities (essential).
- Practical experience in a laboratory setting using wet chemistry techniques (essential).
- Experience/knowledge of solid-state analytical techniques (e.g., XRPD, DSC, TGA/DSC, microscopy, DVS, single crystal X-ray diffraction) and more general spectroscopic (e.g., NMR, FT-IR, Raman) (essential).
- Experience using automated screening platforms (desirable).
- Experience in working independently and within a team in an R&D environment.
- Experience with working safely in a lab environment and adhering to local SHE policies.
- Able to participate in client meetings and discuss technical data clearly and succinctly.
SUCCESS FACTORS:
- Possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Be well organised and able to manage high workloads.
- Able to meet deadlines and plan one's own work effectively.
- Possess excellent problem-solving skills.
- Be commercially aware of business development needs.
- Knowledgeable of the pharmaceutical development continuum of APIs.
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Qualifications / Skills- BSc (Hons), Masters in chemistry, PhD in chemistry, chemical engineering or related discipline (essential).
- 2+ years industrial experience in a pharmaceutical company / contract research organization.
QualificationsEqual employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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