Assistant Scientist

Must Haves:

• BS      degree with less than 1 year of experience, OR Associate/certificate/high      school background with 1+ year laboratory experience
• General      chemistry laboratory experience; academic lab experience counts,      particularly for entry-level candidates
• Basic,      trainable laboratory skills including pH meters, analytical balances,      pipettes/glassware, and lab safety
• GDP      / Good Documentation Practices
  

Plusses:

• HPLC      experience
• GC      experience
• Dissolution      testing experience
• Pharmaceutical,      biotechnology, or other regulated laboratory experience
• GMP      knowledge/experience
• Analytical      laboratory testing and/or laboratory data review experience
• Exposure      to spectroscopy or wet chemistry
• Experience      with laboratory information/electronic data systems

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate      and review analytical test results and supporting laboratory documentation
• Review      analytical data from techniques including HPLC, GC, spectroscopy,      dissolution testing, and wet chemistry
• Verify      calculations, specifications, instrument outputs, chromatograms, and test      results for accuracy and completeness
• Ensure      laboratory records comply with approved methods, SOPs, GMP requirements,      Good Documentation Practices, and data integrity standards
• Identify      errors, discrepancies, atypical results, and documentation deficiencies      and work with laboratory personnel to resolve issues
• Review      data associated with raw materials, in-process samples, finished products,      and stability studies
• Support      investigations, deviations, OOS/OOT events, and other quality-related      activities as needed
• Collaborate      with QC analysts, laboratory leadership, Quality Assurance, and      cross-functional teams to support testing and product-release timelines
  

Job Description:

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking Assistant Scientists to support a mix of R&D and Quality Control laboratory operations in Cincinnati, OH. These scientists will generate and review analytical test results, laboratory records, and supporting documentation while ensuring the data is accurate, complete, traceable, and compliant with approved methods, specifications, SOPs, GMP requirements, and Good Documentation Practices.