Chemist

Company Description

OHR uses primordial chemistry and synthetic biology to fashion strategic chemicals. Our technology enables the creation of carbon chains of deterministic length without cells, co-factors, or typical oil contaminants. With a core value of sustainability, OHR is focused on building resilient supply chains through innovative solutions.

Role Description

OHR Synbiosis seeks R&D Chemists & Scientists to drive technical developments across R&D groups and between the broader OHR organization. The candidates will design, execute, and lead experiences in synthetic chemistry routes of OHR’s Creationary ChemistryTM platform, including organic chemistry synthetic pathway exploration and discovery, reaction process optimization, catalyst development, analytical methodologies, product application, and external technical partnership management.

Responsibilities

• Exemplify excellence in lab safety and chemical hygiene practices.
• Perform research and development on OHR’s Creationary ChemistryTM platform across multiple physical locations. Be an anchor in the drive to deliver critical chemicals to public and private customers in need.
• Design and discover organic and synthetic chemistry reactions to create novel synthetic routes leveraging OHR’s proprietary enzymatic intermediates.
• Guide chemical reaction development across product pathways, including solvent selection, catalyst elucidation/optimization, reaction conditions, etc.
• Design, optimize, and scale catalytic processes, including acid/base catalysis, heterogenous supported-metal and inorganic catalysis, hydrogenation, and hydrodeoxygenation.
• Develop analytical methodologies, in-house and with partners, to build quantitative standing of chemical reactions.
• Build testing and characterization protocols for OHR’s aviation and aerospace fuel product portfolio and additional proprietary emerging product portfolios.
• Design, test, validate, and find partners to scale novel heterogenous inorganic catalysts.
• Contribute to research and IP strategies solidify the Creationary ChemistryTM platform.
• Draft, optimize, publish, and train colleagues on technical procedures and specialized reactions.
• Provide detailed data and protocols for technology transfer to OHR’s Manufacturing team and external partners.
• With Project Managers and Executives, implement project managements systems to track Chemistry R&D developments and KPIs..

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry, or equivalent area, from an accredited university.
• Master’s of Science or PhD in Chemistry preferred.
• Exemplary past demonstration of lab and workplace safety.
• Direct experience contributing to technical chemistry research and development teams.
• Direct experience contributing to discovery of synthetic chemistry pathways.
• Direct experience contributing to process chemistry and reaction optimization.
• Direct experience exploring and selecting or synthesizing and evaluating heterogenous metal catalysts for hydrogenation and reduction chemistry.
• Direct experience discovering or optimizing acid and based catalyzed reactions.
• Direct experience managing development of analytical methods of compound identification and quantification, including utilization of GC-FID, HPLC, LC/MS, GC/MS, NMR, and ICP.
• Experience working with international technical teams or technical partnerships.
• Direct hands-on experience converting established batch reactions to flow/continuous reactions.
• Ability to control ITAR and Export Compliance restricted information.