Lab-to-Production Scientist – Specialty Chemicals
Location: Greater Noida (production) / Delhi NCR (Lab)
Company: Nanosafe Solutions
About the Role
We are looking for a highly driven Lab-to-Production Scientist to bridge R&D and commercial manufacturing in the specialty chemicals domain. The role involves developing, optimizing, scaling, and commercializing organic and inorganic chemical technologies from laboratory stage to pilot and full-scale production.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on expertise in synthesis, process optimization, scale-up chemistry, troubleshooting, and manufacturing coordination. This is a techno-commercial execution role for someone who enjoys building products from concept to industrial deployment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize specialty chemical formulations involving organic and inorganic chemistry.
- Lead lab-to-pilot and pilot-to-commercial scale-up activities.
- Design scalable synthesis routes and manufacturing SOPs.
- Conduct process optimization for yield, cost, consistency, and manufacturability.
- Handle reaction scale-up, process troubleshooting, and production validation.
- Work on specialty additives, antimicrobial chemistries, silanes, metal-based chemistries, dispersions, coatings, polymer additives, and related systems.
- Coordinate with production teams, vendors, toll manufacturers, and quality teams for commercial execution.
- Establish QC parameters, batch consistency protocols, and process documentation.
- Support technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing.
- Evaluate raw materials, alternate chemistries, and cost optimization opportunities.
- Ensure compliance with EHS, regulatory, and industrial safety practices.
- Maintain detailed experimental records, technical reports, and commercialization documentation.
Required Qualifications
- M.Sc / PhD in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, or related field.
- 1-3 years of experience in specialty chemicals, organometallic, organic molecules, advanced materials, additive, silanes or industrial chemicals.
- Strong understanding of scale-up chemistry and industrial manufacturing processes.
- Hands-on experience with:
- Organic synthesis
- Inorganic synthesis
- Process development
- Reaction engineering
- Pilot plant operations
- Process optimization
- Chemical manufacturing
- Experience handling reactors, industrial batch processing, filtration systems and QC
- Ability to independently troubleshoot production issues.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in commercialization of new chemical technologies.
- Knowledge of relevant chemistry used in additives of polymers and foams
- Understanding of analytical techniques and COA development
- Strong project ownership mindset with execution capability.
- Entrepreneurial and innovation-driven attitude.
What We Are Looking For
- Someone who can convert chemistry into scalable industrial products.
- Strong execution capability between laboratory innovation and factory manufacturing.
- High ownership, speed, and problem-solving ability.
- Comfortable working in a fast-growing deep-tech startup environment.
Compensation
Highly competitive salary + performance incentives (higher than industry standards) + high-growth opportunity in advanced materials and specialty chemicals+ possibility of ESOPs
Who are we
Nanosafe Solutions is a deep-tech specialty chemicals company focused on developing and commercializing advanced material technologies for global industries, already profitable and looking to reach IPO in 3 years.
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