Solugen
14549 Minetta St., Houston TX 77035
Position
Scientist III – Analytical Chemistry
Mission
Solugen’s mission is to decarbonize chemicals manufacturing. As a first step, Solugen has built a 10,000 tpy first commercial plant with the potential to offset up to 37,000 tpy of carbon dioxide equivalents. This role will directly support Solugen’s mission by aiding the analytical team in supporting the R&D departments.
Key Outcomes
- Get oriented and manage/assist with one of the projects the analytical team is working on.
- Partner with R&D and Engineering teams to ensure analytical readiness for technology scale-up and commercialization.
- Support daily lab operations such as standard/sample preparation, mobile phase preparation, etc.
- Aid in troubleshooting/preventative maintenance of the analytical equipment.
- Contribute to generate creative solutions to various problems faced with new research development.
- Support external collaborations with timely analytical results.
Key Competencies
Job Specific
- Intermediate/Advance knowledge of method development on HPLC, ICP, GC.
- Intermediate/Advance knowledge of troubleshooting analytical equipment.
- Proficiency with Waters and ThermoFisher HPLCs and Agilent GCs and ICPs.
- Good communication skills, organized, and self-driven with the desire to further develop these skills as the company grows.
- Commitment to safe workplace goals and practices that ensure operational integrity, including compliance with all regulatory policies and procedures.
- Familiarity with Office products as well as a general level of comfort with online communication and work management platforms such as Dropbox, Google Doc, and Slack.
- Ability to communicate well individually and in a team atmosphere
- Good verbal and writing skills
Company Specific
- Ask a lot of questions, be curious, and have insights into your work.
- Be nimble, embrace the speed and ambiguity of startup culture.
- Ability to self-manage and set your own priorities and schedule.
- Comfort in a dynamic environment—balancing multiple priorities while maintaining analytical rigor.
- Emphasize safety above all else.
- Respect for others.
- Creative problem solving.
- Willingness to learn and research new engineering/science concepts.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results clearly to non-analytical stakeholders.
Qualifications
BS/MS/PhD in chemistry or related field with 4+ years of experience as an analytical scientist in a R&D environment
To ensure compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a ‘U.S. Person,’ which is defined as a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or a person granted asylum or refugee status in the U.S. or have the ability to obtain an export authorization.
Solugen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, national
origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.
Top Skills
What We Do
At Solugen, we believe planet-scale change starts with the chemistry we use every day. So we’ve built the world’s first clean molecule factory. Fusing biology with chemistry and technology to make the materials we need to sustain life on Earth.
We’re pioneering the way to scale synbio. One that uses evolved enzymes, plant-based feedstocks and clean, catalytic reactions to make 90% of the world’s essential molecules. With this process, we’re bringing products to market faster, cheaper and without compromise.
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