Process Research and Development Scientist I

Job description

Overview STA Pharmaceuticals, a WuXi AppTec Company, has an exciting opportunity for a Process Research and Development Scientist in our San Diego site. This position works within a team of Process Research and Development (R&D) Scientists in conjunction with the Analytical Chemistry Department and is co-responsible for developing safe, efficient and easily scalable processes for producing starting materials, intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). In addition, this position assists in tech transferring projects to Kilo Lab and Pilot Plant scales and contributes to the safe and cGMP compliant execution of API manufacturing processes. This is a hands-on synthetic organic chemistry role that requires the ability to solve process and scale-up problems through laboratory-scale investigations of organic synthesis reactions and separations. The incumbent may also work with Quality Assurance (QA) to ensure that high quality standards are maintained and appropriate documentation such as process development and scale-up documentation, including batch records (BRs) are completed in a timely manner, and that standard operating procedures (SOPs) are written and followed. Re...