Staff Scientist

• Design & development of hemostats, sealants, or other surgical products according to R&D strategic priorities.
• Proactively seek opportunities to address unmet medical needs and realize the opportunities through new product development.
• Work with patent liaison and attorneys to develop and protect intellectual property of new inventions.
• Develop and characterize prototypes and/or product processes to develop and optimize new product ideas.
• Develop and validate the test methods to support new product development in synthetic hemostat or sealants.
• Develop and apply statistical methodologies to analyze experimental data, interpret results, as well as prepare technical reports, present results and recommendations to project teams.
• Follow safety and GxP guidelines including maintaining up-to-date training, following SOPs, maintaining equipment, and proper documentation of laboratory notebooks and logbooks.

• PhD or master's degree in analytical chemistry, applied chemistry, polymer chemistry or related field required.

• Experiences in analytical chemical test method development, including and not limited to chromatographic methods (HPLC, GC), NMR, FT-IR, UV-visible spectrophotometry, Mass-spectrometry (LC-MS, GC-MS), and etc and test method validation are required.
• Extensive experiences in synthetic materials and chemical reactions related filed, including but not limited to polymer synthesis, composite materials, and their associated properties.
• A minimum of 3 years of professional experiences in medical device or pharmaceutical related, or material science field is required.
• Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams is required.
• Demonstrated ability to independently design, execute research studies and interpret results is required.
• Strong digital literacy and knowledge of various programs such as Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Power Point as well as commonly used graphing software and team-based collaboration tools are required.

• Experiences in pharmaceutical or CRO company are preferred.
• In-depth understanding of Drug or Medical Devices regulations is preferred.
• Experience in developing formulations of surgical products for management of intra-operative bleeds/leaks (hemostats or sealants) are preferred.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis and design of experiments is preferred.

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
• Candidates must be self-starter, detail-oriented, highly organized.
• Displays passion and enthusiasm for innovation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Superior interpersonal skills to collaborate with internal and external business partners across functional areas.

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