Principal Scientist, High-Throughput Analytical Chemistry

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Job Function:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:
Pharmaceutical Product R&D

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine develops treatments that improve the health and lifestyles of people worldwide.

Our development areas encompass novel targets in neurologic disorders, gastroenterology, oncology, infectious disease, diabetes, hematology, metabolic disorders, immunologic disorders, pulmonary hypertension and reproductive medicine.

The successful candidate will be employed in the department of Chemical Process Research & Development (CPRD).

The CPRD organization focuses on the development of synthetic methodologies and processes for small molecules, oligonucleotides, peptides, antibody-drug conjugates and other emerging modalities.

CPRD aims to provide world-class production processes of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) by enhancing efficiency, safety, and cost-effectiveness.

Its key objectives include refining synthetic routes, scaling up processes from the laboratory to commercial levels, ensuring regulatory compliance and minimizing environmental impact.

Within this department, the Process Analytical Research (PAR) subdepartment plays a critical role in providing analytical data and expertise for all chemical process development activities.

PAR ensures quality and performance through the design and implementation of state-of-the-art analytical methods while also generating and documenting essential end-to-end knowledge.

We currently have an open position for a Principal Scientist, High-Throughput Analytical Chemistry within the PAR team, specializing in analytics for biocatalysis and chemocatalysis high-throughput experimentation.

Job Description

As a Principal Scientist, you will focus on providing innovative analytical solutions to support high-throughput experimentation (HTE) in biocatalysis and chemocatalysis.

Your role will involve developing methodologies and platforms that enable efficient analysis, reporting and characterization of synthetic routes for small molecule production and related modalities.

Key Responsibilities


* Develop and implement analytical methodologies to support HTE labs for biocatalysis and chemocatalysis.


* Build and oversee the analytical platform necessary for efficient HTE screenings.


* Demonstrate a strong knowledge of h...