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From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.\nThe Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.\nIn over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.\nIn 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.\n The Associate Scientist provides laboratory support in synthesizing salt forms and polymorphs of drug candidates and evaluates these forms for acceptability as drug substances with respect to chemical manufacturing and formulation into pharmaceutical products. The successful candidate will engage in solid form characterization and in particle characterization. The position is based in Groton, CT (USA).\nRole Responsibilities:\nConduct solid state characterization (e.g., X-ray powder diffraction, thermal analysis, moisture sorption, microscopy, spectroscopy) of small molecules of pharmaceutical relevance.\nSupport multidisciplinary project teams and collaborate with colleagues to define and implement crystallization, polymorph, salt, and co-crystal screening activities according to project timelines.\nSupport multidisciplinary project teams and collaborate with colleagues to define and implement API particle characterization activities according to project timelines.\nConduct physical and surface characterization of powders of pharmaceutical relevance. This includes particle characterization (e.g., particle size, shape) and surface characterization (e.g., surface energy, surface roughness).\nCollaborate with colleagues in Medicinal Chemistry, Formulation and Biopharmaceutics to define and implement screening and characterization strategies consistent with solid form selection for clinical studies.\nSolve scientific problems using contemporary Materials Science experimental techniques.\nContribute to the development of new scientific approaches and knowledge within the Materials Science organization.\nEnsure contemporaneous and accurate entries are made in the electronic laboratory notebook system according to accepted good practice.\n Bachelor’s Degree (BS) with 2+ years of experience or a Master’s degree (MS) in pharmaceutical science, chemistry, chemical engineering, or related field.\n Strong pharmaceutical, API, small molecules testing for drug production is strongly preferred\nExperience in solid state characterization techniques (such as x-ray powder diffraction, polarized light microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, spectroscopy, etc.). Strong data analysis and interpretation skills.\nExperience and understanding of infrared spectroscopy (FTIR, NIR, FT-Raman) and/or SSNMR is an advantage.\nExperience with solving Materials Science problems, e.g., solid state chemistry and particle characterization using experimental approaches and team collaboration.\nUnderstanding of physical, analytical, and organic chemistry.\nGood organizational skills, the ability to work independently, and excellent oral and written communication skills are required.\nA strong interest and motivation to learn new technologies and concepts is expected.\nSome programming experience is a plus, but not required. \n Position is Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm Overtime as needed \nMay be requested to work on weekends, overtime, and holidays based on business needs\nCandidates currently living within a commutable distance of Groton, CT are encouraged to apply.\nExcellent full-time benefits, including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options\nLife and disability insurance\n401(k) with company match\nPaid vacation and holidays\nAuthorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship\nEurofins USA PSS Insourcing Solutions is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5100,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["CRO & CDMO Services","Testing, Inspection & Certification","Medical Laboratories"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T23:25:50Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":60,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.602,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["seen:0","stale_co","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-13T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":60000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/eurofins-scientific-associate-scientist-solid-state-characterization","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/eurofins-scientific-associate-scientist-solid-state-characterization.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-13T08:13:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":12120,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3643},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3643"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Feurofins-scientific-associate-scientist-solid-state-characterization"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Feurofins-scientific-associate-scientist-solid-state-characterization"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Feurofins-scientific-associate-scientist-solid-state-characterization"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/eurofins-scientific-associate-scientist-solid-state-characterization\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Feurofins-scientific-associate-scientist-solid-state-characterization"}]}