Senior R&D Scientist – Specialty Chemicals

Flychem is looking for an experienced Senior R&D Scientist to lead development of specialty intermediates and functional ingredients across cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical platforms. The role involves process development, route scouting, scale-up support, and optimization of specialty chemical products focused on pyridine, pyridone, triazine, imidazole, pyrimidine, cyclic ketone, UV filter, resorcinol, esterification, and heterocyclic intermediate chemistries. The candidate will support both in-house manufacturing and external manufacturing/technology-transfer projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead R&D projects for specialty intermediates and functional ingredients
• Develop scalable synthetic routes and process improvements
• Handle reaction optimization, purification, yield improvement, and impurity control
• Work on heterocyclic chemistry including pyridine, pyridone, triazine, imidazole, pyrimidine, and cyclic ke...