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Job Title: NMR Scientist

Duration: 6 months

Hrs./Wk.: 40.00

Overview

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What You Will Do

• Are you passionate about NMR and ready to make an impact? Join Pfizer's dynamic team in San Diego, where we run thousands of automated experiments and deliver rapid small molecule structure elucidations every month.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with NMR spectrometers
• Solve complex regio- and stereoisomer structures by NMR
• Lead and coordinate NMR lab relocation activities
• Drive automation and workflow improvements
• Advanced degree in Chemistry or related field, with demonstrated NMR structure elucidation experience
• Proficiency in Bruker NMR platforms
• Experience with NMR hardware and troubleshooting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Commitment to safety and collaboration
• Be part of a collaborative team making a real difference in drug discovery
• Work onsite in a state-of-the-art lab environment

Hard Skills

• Experience with NMR hardware and troubleshooting
• Solve complex regio- and stereoisomer structures by NMR
• Lead and coordinate NMR lab relocation activities

Interview Process

Onsite Interview

Initial Duration: 6 months with potential to extend

What You Will Achieve

As a Senior Scientist in the Oncology Analytical and Synthesis Technologies Open Access group, you will be at the center of a pivotal operation within Medicinal Chemistry. You will be part of a group in Pfizer that comprises experts in the major scientific disciplines involved in the discovery and preclinical development of small molecule drugs. Specifically, you will be involved in the structural analysis of a broad range of achiral/chiral small molecule compounds primarily through NMR spectroscopy as well as responsible for implementing novel technologies/workflows to expedite such processes.

You will play a vital role as a key contributor in large, multi-disciplinary matrix teams from project inception through to delivery of clinical drug candidates. You will provide key contributions to the implementation of analytical chemistry strategies through development and execution of innovative techniques that help to revolutionize expedite our approach to the discovery and development of small molecule and synthetically derived drugs.

Your significant experience of applying knowledge of principles, concepts, and practices of the analytical chemistry discipline and specifically NMR will make you a critical member of the team. Your skill and knowledge will help in making decisions that require choosing among limited options. You are proactive in contributing to all team discussions and creating an environment of collaboration.

It is your innovative scientific temperament that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

Why Patients Need You

Purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Research and Development is at the heart of fulfilling Pfizer's purpose as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the therapies and vaccines that matter most. Whether you are in the discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy or supporting clinical trials, you will apply cutting edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and bring the best-in-class medicines to patients around the world.

How You Will Achieve It

• Contribute to achievement of immediate work group goals and collaborate with other team members.
• Build effective partnerships with other research lines, in particular synthetic medicinal chemistry, technology, pharmaceutical sciences and process chemistry groups.
• Develop efficient approaches to the structural elucidation of primarily small molecule compounds through developing an expertise in NMR-based methodologies.
• Drive the utilization of the most contemporary and effective analytical/purification instrumentation combined with automated technologies.
• Communicate work clearly and concisely to internal stakeholders through written and verbal communications.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 2+ years of experience
• Experience in compound structural analysis by NMR-based and Mass Spectrometry methods.
• Working knowledge of NMR-instrumentation and hardware.
• Familiarity with standard laboratory techniques and working knowledge of HPLC and purification techniques.
• Interact effectively with peers and leaders as part of a multi-disciplinary team and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Nice-to-Have

• Broad knowledge of various analytical software packages (e.g. Agilent, ACD Labs, Bruker, etc).
• Proficiency with basic NMR instrument upkeep and troubleshooting issues.
• Experience with logistics around lab set-up after a site move.
• Familiarity with development/execution of workflows for the parallel purification and analysis of compound libraries.

What is the minimum education experience required?: BA or Masters

Open to PhD

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Research

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research

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