Synthetic Chemist

Company: Nesco Resource
Location: Marlborough
Posted on: June 25, 2025

Job Description:

Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Hands-on Organic Synthesis: Partner with industry-leading senior scientists to synthesize polymers from laboratory gram-scale up to several hundred grams. Synthesize simple small molecule monomers using standard organic chemistry techniques. Characterize Products: Use analytical tests to characterize products and ensure final product quality. Robust Documentation: Document experiments and help in the preparation of technology transfer packages. Zero-Incident Mindset: Maintain full compliance with all departmental and site-specific Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality regulations, systems, and procedures covering laboratory and scale-up activities. Perform routine lab maintenance to keep area clean and orderly, as well as maintaining material database, inventory database, and ordering chemical reagents from suppliers. Education & Experience Are you a Synthetic Chemist who is a team player, adept at problem-solving, and interested in working on new materials development in the exciting and fast-paced field of electronic materials? We are seeking a highly talented chemist who will join a team that is primarily exploring and developing lithographic materials for advanced patterning solutions in the semiconductor industry. This is a laboratory-based technical role focused on the synthesis, purification, and characterization of polymers and organic small molecules. Detail-oriented team contributors are encouraged to apply. Required: Educational Background: B.S. or M.S in Chemistry, or comparable experience in polymer chemistry and organic synthesis. Technical Experience: Experience with general laboratory techniques such as reaction set-ups, precipitation, filtration, Schlenk techniques, distillation, closed transfer, crystallization, rotary evaporators, and vacuum pumps/ovens. Ability to perform analysis of compounds and reaction mixtures using common methods (such as GPC, MALDI, HPLC, MS, UV/VIS, FT-IR, NMR, TLC, IR, GC-MS). Team Collaboration: Excellent organizational skills and accuracy in experimental documentation. Good communication skills and willingness to participate in team discussions. Thrives in a team environment of shared goals and responsibilities. Safety Oriented: Demonstrates safe behavior in the laboratory with a demonstrated ability to evaluate safety risks and reactivity concerns in multigram scale multi-step organic synthesis. Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates, which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical, Vision, Dental, 401K, and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services. Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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