Senior Scientist – Oligonucleotide Synthesis Chemist

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Senior Scientist – Oligonucleotide Synthesis Chemist  

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The Oligonucleotide Synthesis Chemist will work on site out of our San Diego, California office Infectious Disease division. The person hired will help lead a team of scientists responsible for oligonucleotide synthesis to help drive product development efforts, ultimately enabling commercialization of diagnostic tests as well as driving future improvements and applications. 

What You’ll Work On

• Support R&D and product development efforts by providing expertise in nucleic acid chemistry and oligonucleotide synthesis, analysis and purification 

• Identify, implement and optimize novel/new synthesis processes 

• Develop and implement analytical and biophysical methodologies to help analyze, characterize and evaluate raw materials and finished products 

• Operate and maintain DNA synthesis and purification equipment 

• Synthesize small molecules using a variety of organic chemistry techniques 

• Investigate problem areas and areas of desirable product improvement 

• Manage projects by coordinating and prioritizing work streams, timelines and deliverables while driving project execution to meet corporate expectations 

• Resolve technical issues with analytical methods and instrumentation 

• Work both independently and as part of a cross-functional team to analyze, interpret, report, provide conclusions and present experimental data internally 

• Provide high level analysis of experimental results 

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team with other scientists, chemists, engineers and manufacturing personnel 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in biological or physical sciences, or mathematics