About the Company

Headquartered in West Sacramento, Origin Materials is the world's leading carbon negative materials company. Origin’s mission is to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials. Over the past 10 years, Origin has developed a platform for turning the carbon found in non-food biomass into useful materials, while capturing carbon in the process. Origin’s patented drop-in core technology, economics and carbon impact have been validated by trusted third parties and are supported by a growing list of major global customers and investors. Origin’s first plant, located in Sarnia, Ontario Canada is expected to be operational in 2023 with a second, full-scale commercial plant expected to be operational by 2025 and plans for additional expansion over the next decade. For more information, visit www.originmaterials.com.

Origin Materials believes in protecting its employees and the community and, as such, requires employees who come on site to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Origin provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Our People

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. When you take a job at Origin, you do more than switch companies or advance your career. You become part of the Origin community: an inclusive group of hardworking, uniquely talented people who drive innovation.

Benefits and Perks

You will work with great people. You will be joining a close-knit group of A+ players who like to hustle, create, and work hard because we believe in Origin’s mission: to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials.

You will make a difference. We’re working on big things, so every person can make make an impact.

You will grow. There are endless opportunities at Origin to learn and improve. You’ll be surrounded by great minds and presented with big challenges. And you and your teammates will support one another in overcoming those challenges.

You will enjoy excellent benefits. We offer a wide range of insurance including Medical and Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life, as well as a 401k, EAP, and generous leave.

You will have flexibility. We don’t believe in one size fits all when it comes to work location and schedule. We care about safety and efficiency so work where and when you are at your best. While we try to be as flexible as possible and allow our team to work various hours in various locations, some positions do require daily, onsite work. Also, we recognize our team works hard so we want you to take time off when you need it. That’s why we have a flexible time off policy.

About the Position

The purpose of the Analytical Chemist is to provide technical support to Analytics R&D function to meet project goals. The Analytical Chemist brings creativity, inquisitiveness, and clarity to the complex problem of investigating novel chemistries — combined with the ability to communicate methods and results with fellow scientists, engineers, and Origin’s non-technical staff. This is an exciting role within a science-driven company and an opportunity to develop expertise in analytical techniques both novel and tried-and-true.

You will be responsible for:

• Supporting new method development/optimization and validation by applying a variety of analytical techniques such as HPLC, GC-FID, GC-MS, GFAA etc. to perform qualification and quantitation
• Utilizing the scientific method to perform research in order to create new analytical methods.
• Performing assigned experiments that support non-routine development activities/projects by applying a variety of analytical techniques such as HPLC, GC-FID, GC-MS, GFAA etc.
• Supporting new method development
• Optimizing existing methods
• Validating methods
• Performing qualifications
• Helping with basic design and execution of experiments
• Performing method troubleshooting as directed
• Conducting data acquisition, data analysis and data interpretation
• Helping to transfer newly developed method to Routine Analysis
• Preparing samples, standards, required solutions/buffers, chemical reagents etc.
• Maintaining and troubleshooting analytical instruments
• Performing other duties as required including TOC, UV-Vis, DSC etc.