Senior Scientist II / Principal Scientist — Chemical Biology

Job overview

The Senior Scientist II / Principal Scientist — Chemical Biology role is onsite in Boston, MA. The anticipated annual salary range is $170,000–$205,000. The scientist joins Antares Therapeutics’ Chemical Biology team to support its small-molecule discovery portfolio. The role leads chemoproteomic target discovery and validation, hit identification, and characterization using mass spectrometry-based approaches. It contributes experimental evidence and technical direction to discovery programs while developing workflows and mentoring junior scientists.

What you'll do

• Serve as chemical biology functional lead on programs and present discovery evidence
• develop proteomic workflows and evaluate mass spectrometry strategies
• design and execute quantitative proteomics experiments using DIA or other targeted workflows
• analyze and communicate results
• maintain laboratory records and electronic notebooks
• maintain and tune Orbitrap mass spectrometers and HPLC instrumentation
• collaborate with data science on analysis pipelines
• mentor junior scientists and establish best practices.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior scientist ii

principal scientist

chemical biology

boston ma

onsite

proteomics

mass spectrometry

chemoproteomics

target discovery

orbitrap

hplc

$170k–$205k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Senior individual-contributor role requiring a PhD in a relevant discipline and at least eight years of relevant industry and/or postdoctoral experience; deep mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography experience required.

About the employer

Antares Therapeutics is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology). Sector: 54.