Merck
Scientist, Discovery Chemistry
Job Description

Our Company is currently seeking passionate synthetic organic or medicinal chemists to join our Company's South San Francisco’s highly collaborative Discovery Chemistry Department.

The successful candidates will contribute to multidisciplinary discovery teams by applying innovative synthetic chemistry, analytical techniques, and data analysis to the design and synthesis of drug candidates and intermediates. Successful candidates must have excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills in a team environment and a proven record of solving complex problems. It is expected that the successful candidates will learn quickly through on-the-job training to become increasingly skilled and self-starter in reaction setup, route design and optimization, and data driven drug design. In addition, there is an opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills through collaborations with talented and dedicated colleagues while advancing your career.

Job Responsibilities Include

Collaborative and independent design, execution, and optimization of synthetic routes to assigned target molecules using modern synthetic chemistry techniques.Selection and application of appropriate purification techniques including flash chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and recrystallization.Acquisition and interpretation of analytical data, such as NMR and LC/MS.Using available data sets and in silico tools to generate novel, testable hypotheses and target molecules to enable clear decision makingParticipation in the triage and selection of molecules for additional studies (DMPK, in vivo experiments, counter-screening etc.)

Education

Position Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biochemistry, or related field, with three (3) years of relevant industrial or academic experienceMaster's degree in chemistry, biochemistry, or a related field with (0) years of relevant industrial or academic experience

Required Experience And Skills

Relevant experience involving the application of organic synthesisExperience with independent synthetic route design, execution and optimization using modern synthetic techniqueExperience with the selection and application of appropriate purification techniques (flash chromatography and HPLC, e.g.) and analytical data (LC/MS and NMR, e.g.) to support execution of synthetic routes

Preferred Experience And Skills

Knowledge and prior work interpreting biological activity data (structure-activity relationships, e.g.)

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Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, generally Tuesday, Wednesday and either Monday or Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

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Expected Salary Range

$102,800.00 - $161,900.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. For Washington State Jobs, a summary of benefits is listed here.

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship

Yes

Travel Requirements

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements

Not Applicable

Shift

1st - Day

Valid Driving License

No

Hazardous Material(s)

YES

Requisition ID:R291008
South San Francisco, CA