Chemist Analytical Development (m/f/d)

Location: Linz/Austria

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

We are seeking a skilled Chemist to join our Analytical Development team. In this role, you will contribute to the development of API production processes by employing a range of analytical techniques for quality control. You will be involved in every stage, from the R&D laboratory to full-scale production. Our team operates in a dynamic and diverse environment: join us on an exciting career path in the pharmaceutical industry!

A Day in the Life:

· Drive process development and tech transfers for ISO products and APIs within an interdisciplinary team in our CDMO.

· Advance projects from the lab through pilot production and process validation to commercial campaigns.

· Develop and validate analytical methods (HPLC, GC, wet chemistry, and other techniques) for raw material and product release, and in-process controls.

· Efficiently coordinate and evaluate analyses in the lab and during ISO and GMP production campaigns.

· Ensure safety and data integrity in all processes and analyses.

· Build control strategies from starting material supplier evaluation to API release and stability testing, following international guidelines.

· Collaborate with internal and external contacts and customers to achieve common goals.

· Assist with regulatory submissions of new active ingredients and support authorities and customers with inquiries.

Job Requirements:

· Chemistry degree (MSc or PhD), ideally with a focus on analytics.

· Excellent German and English skills, both written and spoken.

· Experience in GMP or quality management is a plus, as is an inventive spirit!

· Analytical and conceptual thinking.

· Team-first personality, high social competence and networking skills and customer service orientation.

· Diligent, dedicated to goals, and eager to find answers.

· Distinctive ability to prioritize, stay organized under stress and anticipate potential roadblocks.

Your performance is remunerated with an attractive and market-compliant salary. For this position we provide according to the collective agreement of the Austrian Chemical Industry a minimum salary of € 59781,96 per year. Overpayment is possible based on your previous experience and qualifications. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status. 

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This job posting is applicable to employees of Patheon Austria GmbH & Co KG. All managers are informed that employees should not face any disadvantages when applying for such positions.

Posting until 05.09.2025