Analytical Scientist II

SKpharmteco is a custom manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs, Drug Substances) and registered intermediates for customers in the pharmaceutical industry. Our integrated facilities located in the U.S. specialize in process development, scale-up, and cGMP compliant production from kilograms to multi-ton quantities.

We are looking for enthusiastic Scientists to join our Analytical Teams! We have opportunities at our Rancho Cordova, CA - (Greater Sacramento, CA) area location. Benefits and 401k enrollments starts the first of the month following date of hire.

Job Responsibilities:

• Analysis of bulk chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds which require a comprehensive knowledge of chemistry and laboratory techniques.
• Method implementation, transfer, and validation for raw materials, in-process, final product, and stability samples.
• General housekeeping including maintaining general cleanliness of laboratories and restocking reagents and laboratory consumables.
• Conduct review of peer data.
• Maintain a through and neat laboratory notebook.
• Compilation of data obtained from analytical tests, analysis of the data, and reporting of the final result to appropriate department.
• May aid in the development of analytical techniques able to accurately quantify and/or identify various purities and impurities related to a certain drug substance and/or drug product. Write validation and transfer protocols and summarizing findings, documenting them in reports.
• May lead investigations of laboratory samples and development samples and help determine appropriate corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to address mitigation of investigation assignable cause.
• May be involved in interfacing with customer at times.
• Participate in integrated product team (IPT) meetings, providing updates on status of methods and specifications.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry required. Master's degree in Chemistry preferred.

Experience Requirements:

• 2-5 years of experience in method development, validation, transfer
• 1 year of relevant experience in a cGMP environment preferred
• Knowledge of the following instrumentation is highly desired: LC/UV/MS, FTIR, GC, GC/MS, NMR and KF