Principal Scientist Jobs in California

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• Managing Chemist
• Managing Scientist
• Principal Chemist
• Chief Chemist

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Required or preferred licenses and certifications for Principal Scientist positions.

The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Principal Scientist position

• Analytical Chemistry
• Assay Development
• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biology
• Biotechnology
• Cell Biology
• Cell Culture
• Chemical Characterization
• Chemical Formulation
• Collaboration
• Communication Skills
• Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
• Computational Biology
• Computational Chemistry
• Data Analysis
• Design
• Development
• Documentation
• Drug Discovery
• Dystrophia Myotonica Protein Kinase
• Engineering
• Evaluation
• Experimental Design
• Fermentation
• Flow Cytometry
• Food Science
• Good Laboratory Practice
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
• Immunology
• Implementation
• Investigation
• Leadership
• Leading
• Liquid Chromatography
• Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
• Management
• Mass Spectrometry
• Materials Management
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Mentoring
• Method Development
• Modeling
• Molecular Biology
• Organic Chemistry
• Organization
• Orientation
• Pharmaceutical Sales
• Physical Science
• Presentation
• Problem Solving
• Process Development
• Product Development
• Project Management
• Protein Expression
• Purification
• Regulations
• Regulatory Compliance
• Research and Development
• Research Skills
• Scientific Research
• Software
• Stability Testing
• Staff Supervision
• Standard Operating Procedures
• Synthesis
• Training and Development
• Validation

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