Sr Scientist - Chemical Engineer for Drug Linker (Chemical Engineering)

Location: On premise in Bothell, Washington, United States; may require teleconference meetings outside core Pacific Time hours and local business travel of less than 10%.

Annual base salary: $93,600–$156,000 USD; eligible for a 12.5% bonus target and share-based long-term incentive program.

Company

hirify.global develops medicines and vaccines through research, development, and manufacturing capabilities.

What you will do

• Develop safe, sustainable, robust, scalable, cost-efficient, and phase-appropriate drug linker manufacturing processes.
• Design, perform, and interpret engineering laboratory experiments, including data-rich experiments for process understanding and scale-up assessment.
• Develop and apply kinetic models, process models, engineering statistics, unit operation designs, equipment selection, and scale-up methodologies.
• Lead or support purification and isolation process development for preclinical materials and collaborate with process chemists and analytical chemists.
• Support technology transfer to internal and external clinical and commercial manufacturing sites, including manufacturing activities at transfer locations.
• Document process development work, prepare technical reports and presentations, develop new technologies, and share best practices across sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 9+ years of experience, master’s degree with more than 7+ years of experience, or PhD with 0+ years of relevant experience.
• Additional years of experience may be considered for an appropriate level.
• Expertise in reaction engineering, including developing and validating kinetic models from experimental data.
• Strong knowledge of chemistry and chemical engineering principles, including chemical reactor design, thermodynamics, transport phenomena, engineering statistics, and process modeling.
• Outstanding laboratory skills, attention to detail, and technical problem-solving ability.
• Exceptional interpersonal, multidisciplinary collaboration, and communication skills.
• Permanent work authorization in the United States is required; candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. by any employer.

Nice to have

• Technical transfer experience with external manufacturing partners.
• Experience with Process Analytical Technologies such as Raman, FTIR, NIR, online HPLC, and FBRM.
• Experience with separation processes including TFF, membrane separation, chromatography purification, or supercritical fluid precipitation/extraction.
• Foundational understanding of organic chemistry.
• Experience modeling reactions or unit operations with DynoChem, Reaction Lab, ASPEN, gPROMS, VisiMix, COSMOtherm, or MATLAB.
• Knowledge of Design of Experiments, analytical techniques, data science, machine learning, or AI.
• Strong organization, time management, technical writing, presentation, teamwork, and communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Laboratory-based role within a diverse, collaborative, and innovative engineering and chemistry environment.
• Opportunity for cross-training and development of new technologies.
• Comprehensive benefits including 401(k) matching and retirement contributions, paid vacation and holidays, caregiver/parental and medical leave, and medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage.
• Relocation support may be available based on business needs and eligibility.
• U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Hiring process

• Applications and interviews must follow hirify.global’s employment eligibility and accessibility requirements.
• Acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during recruitment are governed by hirify.global’s candidate AI-use guidelines.