Cheminformatics Researcher

Cheminformatics Researcher

Guidehouse is seeking a Cheminformatics Researcher to join their federal client's Computational Toxicology Consultation Service team. This role supports rapid and precise regulatory decision-making through chemical analysis.

What You’ll Do

• Lead clear and accurate communication of project plans, findings, and results to stakeholders and collaborators.
• Establish time estimates and resources required for project execution and delivery.
• Acquire and assemble data for expert review of chemical models, process chemical structures, and generate chemistry model predictions.
• Determine probable in-vitro toxicity, animal toxicity, or adverse human clinical effects of approximately 10 chemicals per week.
• Catalog and record experimental data for sharing and publication, maintaining detailed methods and procedures for reproduction.
• Improve the performance of chemistry models for future regulatory research project assessments.
• Attend relevant applied regulatory science and drug innovation department meetings.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or a relevant area of study.
• 0-1 years of experience with data collection, analysis, and writing scientific manuscripts and technical reports.
• Experience in organic chemistry, cheminformatics, and chemical drawing for regulatory research project assessments.
• Ability to provide analysis of toxicology evaluations and report results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders.
• Understanding of analysis results, targets, project plans, and timelines.
• Authorized to work for any US employer without sponsorship.
• Ability to Obtain Public Trust clearance.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Master’s degree in chemistry or studies in pharmaceutical science and toxicology.
• Experience with chemical drawing tools and QSAR analyses.
• Experience with CASE Ultra, Leadscope Model Applier/Enterprise, and Derek/Sarah Nexus computational toxicology software.
• Experience with public health agencies such as HHS, FDA, NIH and CDC.

Key skills/competency

• Cheminformatics Researcher
• Organic Chemistry
• Data Analysis
• Scientific Writing
• Toxicology
• Chemical Modeling
• Regulatory Research
• Communication Skills
• QSAR
• Chemical Drawing Tools