Senior Automation/Medicinal Chemist

Recursion
📍 abingdon, england, United-Kingdom 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 02, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Your work will change lives. Including your own.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Scientist in Automation/Medicinal Chemistry to accelerate our internal and partnership drug discovery portfolio. This role, bridging AI-enabled design and cutting-edge automated synthesis, is central to our mission.

Operating our Milton Park site, you will take ownership for delivery of compounds through our state-of-the-art Automation Studio and, by collaborating closely with drug designers, drive impactful outcomes for drug discovery programs within our pipeline.

You will have a track record of leadership from the lab, and combine deep medicinal and synthetic chemistry expertise with a commitment to modernizing the drug discovery process. A self-starter who can lead effectively from the bench and operate strategically.

The Team You’ll Join

You’ll join the Milton Park based Chemistry Automation group, a multidisciplinary team of chemists an...

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Job Details

  • Location abingdon, england
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Bio & Pharmacology & Health
  • Posted Date June 02, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 12, 2026