Scientist III (Chemistry)

Location: Onsite at Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, United States. Must be a US citizen. Limited travel as needed, with possible shift work, overtime, weekend work, travel between facility areas, and occasional outside work.

Company

hirify.global provides laboratory support services and operations under the LASSO II contract at Kennedy Space Center.

What you will do

• Provide technical and logistical support to the Applied Chemistry Lab, NASA Investigative Lab, and Life Sciences Lab.
• Inspect and maintain safety equipment, manage chemical inventories, and coordinate hazardous waste and expired chemical removal.
• Manage laboratory supplies, consumables, and organization.
• Replace expired pressure-system components, assemble mechanical systems, solder and terminate wires, and perform basic equipment repairs.
• Use analytical instrumentation and support chemical synthesis and chemical operations.
• Communicate with vendors, develop technical documentation, and coordinate work across multiple project disciplines.

Requirements

• 10 years of related laboratory experience.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a similar field.
• Experience with analytical instrumentation including LCMS, GC, GC-FID, GCMS, IC, ICP, XRF, XRD, SEM, and other spectroscopic instruments.
• Experience with chemical management, chemical synthesis, and chemical operations.
• Experience communicating with vendors using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience developing test plans, test reports, and hardware performance analyses.
• Strong technical, organizational, communication, presentation, and customer interface skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize work, meet deadlines, work independently or with minimal supervision, and collaborate effectively.
• Competence with Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Ability to climb stairs, ladders, and platforms; access remote structures; walk on uneven terrain; and perform extended periods of sitting or standing.

Nice to have

• Master's degree.
• Experience in a biological laboratory with autoclaves, genetic analyzers, and similar equipment.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time onsite work at Kennedy Space Center.
• Work may require shifts, occasional overtime, and weekend availability.
• Opportunity to support multiple research and development laboratories and project disciplines.