Assoc Scientist Analytical Sci

Job Title: Associate Scientist – Analytical Sciences

City, Country: Shanghai (Minhang), China

Join our China Analytical Sciences team and contribute to innovation projects across nutrition, health, beauty, and care. In this role, you will develop robust mass spectrometry and chromatographic methods, identify unknown compounds, and translate complex analytical results into practical solutions through analytical problem-solving and data-driven insights. This role offers broad exposure to diverse products, technologies, and global collaborations.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to cross-functional S&R and innovation projects, partnering with life science, biotechnology, process, regulatory, and business teams to address analytical and scientific questions across early-stage research and preclinical studies.
• Plan and execute quantitative and qualitative analytical experiments, including sample preparation, instrument operation, data processing, and method performance assessment using LC-MS, HRMS, GC-MS, and complementary techniques.
• Identify and characterize unknown compounds, impurities, and degradation products, leveraging high-resolution mass spectrometry and complementary analytical techniques to support scientific understanding and project decision-making.
• Design, develop, and optimize fit-for-purpose analytical methods to support S&R and preclinical studies, selecting appropriate analytical approaches and adapting methods to evolving project needs.
• Interpret complex analytical data, troubleshoot analytical challenges, and provide scientifically sound recommendations, communicating findings clearly to project partners and translating analytical results into actionable R&D insights.
• Document analytical work and results accurately and work safely and compliantly, following laboratory procedures, quality standards, and applicable SOPs.

We offer

• Meaningful analytical work that supports innovation in health, nutrition, food, beauty, and care.
• Access to advanced chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, and structural elucidation capabilities.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary and global scientific experts.
• Recognition for technical impact, initiative, and high-quality delivery.
• Opportunities to grow through diverse products, projects, and analytical challenges.
• An inclusive environment where curiosity, knowledge sharing, and ownership are valued.

You Bring

• M.Sc. with 3+ years of work experience, or a recent PhD in analytical chemistry, natural products chemistry, pharmacognosy, pharmaceutical science, or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of chromatography–mass spectrometry techniques, including LC-MS and/or HRMS.
• Demonstrated capability in analytical method development, optimization, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis, as well as unknown compound or impurity identification.
• Experience in metabolite analysis is an advantage.
• Hands-on familiarity with complementary techniques such as FTIR, UV, GPC, or NMR is an advantage.
• Analytical curiosity, data-driven thinking, clear communication, collaboration, and a strong commitment to laboratory safety.

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations –we go beyond them. Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions –every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.

Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

Our application process

Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your resume in English via our career portal.

Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work –and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds —no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help –just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

Agency statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.

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