Senior Scientist, Separation Sciences

Job description

The Impact You’ll Make

We are seeking a Senior Separation Scientist to join our Chemistry Automation team at our labs in Milton Park. In this primarily lab-based role, you will be responsible for maintaining and operating an analytical and purification suite within the experimental Chemistry Automation Platform. You will work closely with synthetic and automation chemists, ensuring the delivery of purified compounds and high-quality analytical data to meet drug discovery program needs.

Working in our state-of-the-art laboratories, with a fleet of 10 highly specialised HPLC and SFC instruments, you will be encouraged to evaluate and deploy the latest technical developments to create efficient, holistic processes that support multiple drug discovery programs across the portfolio.

In this role, you will:

• Maintain and operate a fleet of ten+ highly specialised HPLC and SFC instruments as part of the experimental Chemistry Automation platform, including day‑to‑day operation, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance, partnering with vendors and internal support teams as needed
• Own the purification lifecycle from crude material to pure compound, including automated fraction consolidation and QC checks
• Design and implement new processes, workflows, and techniques (such as chromatographic logD and EPSA) to improve the capability and capacity of the analytical suite as we grow and develop our automated platform for drug discovery programs
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