# Analytical Lab Specialist

**Company**: 3M
**Location**: Sagamihara, Kanagawa
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Research
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159433

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## Description

We are seeking an Analytical Lab Specialist to join our team in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. As a specialist in Analytical Lab, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world.

**Job Description:** Leads programs of major importance to the organisation's interests leading to and/or supporting innovative applications and extensions of new and existing technologies, products and/or businesses.

You will make an impact by:

- Supporting product development, solving problems, and commercialisation across various business segments using your analytical expertise.

- Improving or developing analytical methods or technology to support product developments.

- Addressing a wide range of customer challenges through analytical perspectives and working collaboratively with customers to develop effective solutions.

- Partnering with laboratory teams across division labs, manufacturing teams, and global counterparts to drive successful product development and commercialisation.

**Your Skills and Experiences:**

- Master's degree in Organic Chemistry is required; Ph.D. is preferred.

- Hands-on experience operating GC/MS, LC/MS, NMR, FT-IR, Raman microscopy, and related analytical instruments.

- Practical skills in sample preparation, spectral analysis, and data interpretation.

- Experience in analytical method development and optimisation tailored to product and business needs.

- Ability to provide analytical consultation and propose appropriate analytical approaches to solve technical problems.

- Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.

- Strong problem-solving skills, attention to accuracy, and solid communication skills.

- Fluency in English and Japanese.

- Ability to demonstrate our performance culture behaviours.

**Benefits:**

- Opportunity to work with innovative and diverse people

- Collaborative and dynamic work environment

- Professional growth and development opportunities

**Safety:** Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.

## Skills

### Required
- Organic Chemistry
- GC/MS
- LC/MS
- NMR
- FT-IR
- Raman microscopy
- sample preparation
- spectral analysis
- data interpretation
- analytical method development
- cross-functional communication
- problem-solving
- English
- Japanese

### Nice to have
- Ph.D.
- digital capability

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