R&D Chemist I

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R&D Chemist I

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, You Can Do Work That Matters, Grow, And Learn, Care For Yourself And Family, Be Your True Self And Live a Full Life. You’ll Also Have Access To

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of .
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
  
  

The Opportunity

The position of R&D Chemist I is within our Toxicology Laboratories located at Santa Rosa, CA. Primary duties include the execution and documentation of validation projects for laboratory testing methodology for the determination of drugs and metabolites in biological matrices. This role will be instrumental in ensuring the accuracy and reliability of test methods, ultimately providing precise and timely results to our clients.

What You’ll Work On

• Preparation of solutions for validation experiments.
• Extraction of drugs from biological matrices.
• Submission of samples on LC-MS-MS instrumentation.
• Review and analyze validation data using software such as MultiQuant and SciexOS.
• Data entry of validation results.
• Performing basic statistical analysis with Microsoft Excel.
• Properly documenting sample prep procedures.
• Determining success of validation experiments.
• Review of Standard Operating Procedures and Validation Reports to ensure consistency.
• Proactively and cooperatively communicate with peers and management to ensure awareness of progress and issues; recommend solutions when issues arise.
• Maintain and meet the highest standards in quality and regulatory compliance.
• Follow, understand and comply with SOP’s and policies on cGLP’s and safety.
• Perform other duties as designated by the Senior Supervisor, Validations or R&D Manager.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in chemistry, biochemistry or related field and 1 year of experience
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with electronic document control systems such as Agile.
• Experience with Hamilton Microlab NIMBUS instruments
• Experience with MultiQuant and SciexOS software
• Experience with LCMSMS
  
  

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The base pay for this position is $22.05 – $44.15 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.