Cambrex
Screening Scientist I

UK--Edinburgh

Job ID: 2026-4771
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.

Qualifications