Principal Scientist I, Chemistry

Location: North Chicago, Illinois, United States; onsite

Salary: $124,500–$236,500 per year

Company

hirify.global develops medicines and healthcare solutions across areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and aesthetics.

What you will do

• Lead or contribute to cross-functional teams developing manufacturing processes for small-molecule therapies.
• Design and execute laboratory experiments supporting process development, characterization, scale-up, and commercial manufacturing.
• Define project strategies, responsibilities, timelines, and scientific approaches.
• Act as a subject-matter expert for manufacturing processes and collaborate with manufacturing, regulatory, quality, engineering, analytical chemistry, and solid-state science groups.
• Author and review technical reports, batch records, CMC regulatory documents, publications, presentations, and patents.
• Generate scientific proposals, evaluate emerging technologies and competitive developments, and mentor or supervise colleagues when needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with typically 14+ years of experience, master’s degree with typically 12+ years, or PhD with typically 6+ years in organic chemistry.
• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing process development and scale-up.
• Expertise in modern organic chemistry, mechanistic understanding, compound purification, and control strategy development.
• Experience with standard analytical methods and tools including HPLC, UPLC, LC-MS, and NMR.
• Demonstrated success in scientific communication, publications, presentations, or patent invention.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills, with adherence to safety and GxP standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a cross-functional, matrixed environment focused on innovative medicines.
• Collaborate across scientific, manufacturing, regulatory, and quality disciplines.
• Operate within a learning-oriented environment that supports experimentation and innovation.
• Follow corporate standards for safety, controlled materials, conduct, and GxP compliance.