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Chemist

Altair
Auburn, MI Contractor
POSTED ON 11/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/12/2025
Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data

Chemist

Job Summary

Our client in Auburn Hills, MI is looking for a Chemist. This is a contract position.

What You Will Do

Vehicle Emissions Lab. Chemist.

The Chemist will perform liquid chromatograph analysis (carbonyl analysis from vehicle exhaust) and perform gas chromatograph analysis (hydrocarbon speciation, fuel dilution in engine oil, etc.).

The Chemists Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

  • Conducting various fuel analysis (fuel composition, heating value, distillation points).
  • Managing fuel inventory and fuel ordering.
  • Perform maintenance and calibration on various instruments (all kinds of instruments in emissions lab, not limited to chemical instruments).
  • Support testing operation and trouble shoot instrument problems.
  • Develop new chemical analysis when there are new emissions testing needs.


Basics

  • Bachelor's degree in Chemistry.
  • Minimum 3-5 years' experience in chemistry analysis with liquid chromatograph and gas chromatograph.
  • General understanding of vehicle powertrain and exhaust after treatment.
  • Experience with vehicle emissions testing and with conventional emission analyzers (HC, CO, CO2, NOx and CH4).
  • Team player with good communication skills.
  • Dedicated and well organized.
  • No driving of a vehicle required.
  • Onsite position.


Preferred

  • Master's degree in Chemistry.


How You Will Be Successful

  • Envision the Future
  • Communicate Honestly and Broadly
  • Seek Technology and Business “First”
  • Embrace Diversity and Take Risks


What We Offer

  • Competitive Salary
  • Comprehensive Benefit Package
  • 401(k) with matching contributions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee Discounts
  • Free training on all Altair products


Why Work With Us

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com

Ready to go? #ONLYFORWARD

At our core we are explorers; adventures; pioneers. We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and unchartered waters, we dive headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.

Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.

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