Analytical Scientist

Hays Specialist Recruitment is now looking for an Analytical Scientist to join the Inhalation Product Development Team for a contract assignment until 2020-12-23 at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg.


At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines and strive to continuously meet the unmet needs of patients worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.


Inhalation Product Development (IPD) at AstraZeneca is a multinational organization that combines decades of experience in inhalation technology whether it is nebulization, pMDI or DPI. Our vision is to develop and provide to patients best-in-class, innovative and sustainable products to deliver medicine via inhalation.


We’re looking for a talented and motivated Analytical Scientist to join our Analytical Sciences team working with characterization of small inhaled molecules within IPD in Gothenburg. You would join a highly collaborative team and help us deliver the analytical science to progress product development. To be successful in this role you will need a strong scientific background with good skills in written and verbal communication and the ability to engage and collaborate across boundaries with a positive problem-solving attitude and delivery focus. This is a lab-based role where you will work collaboratively with colleagues, documenting your experiments carefully and to the right quality. You will get the opportunity to apply your excellent analytical expertise to the drug projects you are working in, contributing to the progression of these projects and drive the scientific development within the field of analytical science at AstraZeneca.


Required qualifications, Skills and Experience:
University degree (MSc) in relevant discipline, with 1-2 years industry experience
Scientific knowledge within analytical science and technically skilled to use chromatography and detection of small molecules
Experience in characterization techniques used for inhaled products, such as impactor analysis
Experience with method development and validation
Experience from working and communicating within a global project environment
Experience with solving technical challenges and problems
Experience of work according to GLS
Experience of working in a GMP environment
Strong ambition to develop yourself and others



AstraZeneca is one of the world’s most exciting bio-pharmaceutical companies. From scientists to sales, lab techs to legal, we’re on a mission to turn ideas into life-changing medicines that improve patients’ lives and benefit society. We need great people who share our passion for science and have the drive and determination to meet the unmet needs of patients around the world.