Who We Are:

Southwest Research Institute is a Texas-based non-profit focused on providing unrivaled organic chemistry expertise that spans pharmaceutical development, chemical methodology, fine chemical manufacturing technologies and AI/ML in silico modeling.

Objectives of this Role:

• Participate as part of a team whose function is to develop synthetic routes to drug candidates, synthesize new analogues and scale them up to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients.
• Develop new chemical methodologies and discover new catalysts, may assist in chemical modeling and AI/ML development.
• May also be asked to determine and write statements of work, proposals, and reports.
• Assist in scale-up efforts in pilot plant for cGMP and non-cGMP small molecule synthesis

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Execute chemical reactions and isolate and characterize the products.
• Design experiments to optimize chemical reactions.
• Be willing to learn new analytical and chemical techniques and apply them in the laboratory independently or as part of a team.
• Participate in attracting new clients, propose new chemistries or technological areas and draft proposals.
• Be willing to learn in silico modeling techniques, AI/ML assisted data extraction and processing for advanced catalyst and drug development.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors, Masters, or a PhD Chemistry
• Shift work required.
• Those with a graduate degree must have pursued Synthetic Chemistry in their academic research.
• 0-2 years: Experience working in an organic chemistry laboratory and be familiar using chemical glassware.
• Knowledge of NMR, HPLC, TLC and LC/MS is encouraged but not mandatory
• Have familiarity with one or more of the following analytical techniques: NMR, TLC, HPLC, IR, LC/MS
• Have some experience writing one or more of the following: proposals, white papers, SOP's, journal articles or batch records
• A valid/clear driver's license is required