Process Chemist (Chromatography)

Location: Folsom, California, United States; onsite

Salary: $132,851–$207,580 per year, plus bonus, stock, and benefits eligibility.

Company

hirify.global provides life science, diagnostic, and applied laboratory instruments, services, consumables, applications, and expertise.

What you will do

• Execute and oversee complex laboratory work using GC, GCMS, LC, and LCMS to support manufacturing decisions.
• Provide real-time, on-floor troubleshooting and resolve analytical questions within manufacturing schedules.
• Design statistically sound experiments, interpret complex datasets, and communicate risk-based recommendations.
• Lead process performance evaluations, robustness studies, manufacturing investigations, root cause analyses, deviations, CAPA, and complaint investigations.
• Partner with QC, QA, R&D, MSAT, and Global Operations on analytical strategy and product requirements.
• Improve chromatography capability, maintain technical documentation, and mentor teams on laboratory best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Materials Science, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience with GC and HPLC/UHPLC, including troubleshooting, validation, and sample preparation.
• Working knowledge of analytical techniques and detectors including MS, UV, FID, and ECD.
• Experience leading complex investigations and translating analytical data into actionable technical recommendations.
• Strong technical writing skills for protocols, validation documents, and investigation reports.
• Commitment to laboratory safety, quality systems, regulatory compliance, and data integrity.

Nice to have

• LCMS or GCMS experience in trace analysis, impurity profiling, or materials characterization.
• Knowledge of chromatography consumables, stationary phases, sample preparation, and performance chemistry evaluations.
• Experience in GMP or other regulated environments, including change control, deviations, CAPA, and inspection-ready documentation.
• Experience with method validation, method transfer, continued process or method verification, DOE, and statistical tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time day-shift schedule with occasional travel.
• Cross-functional collaboration across quality, research, manufacturing, and global operations groups.
• Bonus, stock, and benefits eligibility.
• Inclusive, merit-based workplace committed to equal employment opportunity and accessibility.