Senior Scientist - New Product Development

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Phenomenex, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Phenomenex isn’t your typical scientific company. Founded nearly 40 years ago, Phenomenex is a global technology leader committed to developing novel analytical chemistry solutions that solve the separation and purification challenges of researchers, advancing the future of scientific analysis and investigation, ensuring the quality of essentials like your food, water, shampoo, and even cold medication. Be part of our global success and together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.

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The Senior Scientist, New Product Development develops and commercializes sample preparation, biologic characterization, magnetic bead, chromatography, and LC-MS/MS solutions The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in sample preparation, separation science, liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry, with experience supporting complex molecules and emerging therapeutic modalities, while remaining flexible to support broader new product development projects as business needs evolve.

This position reports to the Senior R&D Manager, New Product Development, and is part of the Research and Development Department in Torrance, California. This is an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Develop and commercialize sample preparation consumables, chromatography products, LC-MS/MS methods, and magnetic bead workflows for biopharma, clinical, and broader applied-market needs.
• Identify sample preparation and LC-MS/MS workflow challenges and translate evolving customer, market, and business needs into practical R&D opportunities and innovative solutions across diverse applications.
• Design, optimize, and validate methods and workflows across diverse analytes, complex molecules, biological matrices, and therapeutic modalities, with emphasis on recovery, matrix-effect reduction, reproducibility, and LC-MS/MS compatibility.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan and execute projects, transfer technology, resolve technical issues, and deliver new products on time.
• Review literature, conduct experiments, analyze and present data, prepare technical materials, publish findings, and support patent filings.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Master’s degree in analytical chemistry, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, or a related scientific field. A PhD is preferred.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with biopharma or bioanalytical workflows involving oligonucleotides, oligonucleotide conjugates, peptides, peptide conjugates, monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), mRNA, AAVs, biomarkers, small molecules, or other emerging therapeutic modalities.        
• Strong hands-on experience with liquid chromatography, LC-MS/MS, mass spectrometry, or related instrumentation, including method development, data interpretation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience designing and interpreting experiments that assess relevant method-performance attributes such as recovery, selectivity, sensitivity, reproducibility, matrix effects, purity, and robustness.        
• Ability to manage multiple complex R&D projects and communicate scientific results clearly through reports, presentations, publications, application notes, conference materials, or customer-facing content.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:·        

• Ability to occasionally lift, move, or carry laboratory materials or equipment up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to work safely in laboratory environments involving chemicals, biological materials, hazardous waste, analytical instruments, and required personal protective equipment.
• Ability to travel occasionally or work necessary overtime based on project, customer, conference, or business needs.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:        

• Developing magnetic bead products or automation-ready sample preparation workflows across multiple formats, analyte classes, and biological matrices. Applying mass spectrometry to biopharma or bioanalytical applications.
• An established scientific network and customer-facing experience translating emerging biopharma or bioanalysis needs into product opportunities.
• A strong record of scientific publication and communication through peer-reviewed papers, conference presentations or posters, technical reports, or related scientific materials. 

Phenomenex, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info. 

The salary range for this role is $111,500 - $135,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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