Senior Scientist, Analytical R&D (Analytical Chemistry)

Location: Danbury, CT, United States; onsite work at the Danbury facility with approximately 10%–20% travel, including international travel.

Salary: $85,000–$115,000 per year; annual bonus eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures materials and solutions for high-purity and semiconductor applications.

What you will do

• Develop, optimize, validate, transfer, and continuously improve analytical methods for complex materials, mixtures, formulations, and high-purity products.
• Design and execute analytical experiments, interpret data, draw technical conclusions, and communicate findings through reports, presentations, and discussions with technical teams and customers.
• Establish and document method performance characteristics, including detection limits, accuracy, precision, stability, robustness, and measurement-system capability.
• Evaluate, qualify, maintain, and troubleshoot GC, GC-MS, LC, IC, and FTIR instrumentation.
• Prepare SOPs, work instructions, technical reports, validation documentation, measurement-system analyses, verification records, and qualification records.
• Provide technical guidance and training while collaborating with R&D, engineering, manufacturing, quality, sales, marketing, customers, and external laboratories; support safety, readiness, change-control, and global analytical-development programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a closely related scientific discipline.
• At least three years of relevant experience in an analytical, R&D, product-development, or comparable laboratory environment.
• Experience developing, validating, or improving analytical methods for complex materials, mixtures, formulations, or high-purity products.
• Working knowledge of relevant analytical techniques, with a focus on chromatography, and hands-on expertise in high-purity chemical analysis or analytical characterization of complex formulations.
• Ability to design experiments, analyze technical data, evaluate method performance, and translate findings into clear conclusions and recommendations.
• Understanding of measurement-system analysis, method capability, statistical analysis, root-cause investigation, and corrective-action principles.
• Experience preparing controlled technical documentation, including SOPs, work instructions, validation protocols, qualification records, and reports.
• Ability to work safely with hazardous materials and follow laboratory, cleanroom, chemical-handling, and personal-protective-equipment requirements.
• Strong project-management, prioritization, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, including professional proficiency in English and the ability to work across functions, cultures, languages, and geographic locations.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 10%–20%, including international travel.

Nice to have

• Experience qualifying new analytical instrumentation or transferring analytical methods between laboratories or global sites.
• Knowledge of semiconductor materials, specialty chemicals, high-purity manufacturing, or contamination-control requirements.
• Experience supporting new-product introduction and working directly with manufacturing, quality, commercial teams, external laboratories, or customers.

Culture & Benefits

• Values-driven and collaborative culture centered on People, Accountability, Creativity, and Excellence.
• Progressive paid time off policy.
• 401(k) plan with employer match and no delayed vesting.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance packages.
• Education assistance and annual bonus eligibility.
• No immigration-related sponsorship is provided for this role, including H1B, TN, or STEM OPT sponsorship.