🔬 Analytical Chemistry Testing Project Coordinator — CEE Region 📍 Poland | Hungary | Central & Eastern Europe | Full-time

About Universal Lab

Universal Lab is an Swiss-based international scientific testing and lab testing platform built on a simple but ambitious idea: every researcher and engineer in the world should have access to world-class analytical testing — fast, reliable, and affordable.

We combine deep in-house scientific expertise with a curated network of accredited partner laboratories to deliver precision materials characterisation, chemical analysis, and industrial testing to customers across Europe, Asia, and beyond. Our standards are Swiss. Our reach is global.

Central and Eastern Europe is one of our key growth regions — home to strong scientific talent, world-class research institutions, and a rapidly expanding industrial base. We are building our local team here not as a cost centre, but as a scientific hub that serves the region and contributes directly to Universal Lab's global capabilities.

🎯 Why This Role Exists

Our customers — from R&D scientists at global manufacturers to startups pushing the frontier of new materials — need more than a testing quote. They need a trusted scientific partner who understands their project, knows what questions to ask, and ensures they get results they can actually act on.

The Analytical Chemistry Testing Project Coordinator is that partner. You will carry the full weight of customer success for your projects — from the first technical conversation through to final report delivery — backed by Universal Lab's scientific team, platform, and global laboratory network.

This is not a logistics or admin role. It is a technically grounded, relationship-driven, impact-focused position for someone who wants to apply their chemistry background in a commercial and international context.

📋 What You Will Do

▸ Build trusted working relationships with customers by deeply understanding their analytical needs and providing expert, proactive guidance on methodology and approach

▸ Manage the full lifecycle of testing projects — coordinating timelines, sample handling, laboratory execution, and results delivery with precision and accountability

▸ Work closely with Universal Lab's internal scientists and laboratory partners to translate customer requirements into technically sound testing plans

▸ Review and quality-check reports before delivery; ensure findings are accurate, clearly communicated, and genuinely useful to the customer

▸ Support customers in interpreting results, troubleshooting, and planning next steps — acting as a long-term technical resource, not a one-time transaction

▸ Contribute to the growth of Universal Lab's presence and reputation across the CEE region

✅ What We Are Looking For

Scientific Foundation

▸ Degree in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Environmental Science, or a closely related discipline

▸ Working knowledge of core analytical techniques: chromatography (HPLC, GC), spectroscopy (FTIR, Raman, ICP-OES/MS, XRF, UV-Vis), microscopy (SEM, TEM, AFM), and thermal analysis (TGA, DSC)

▸ Appreciation for data quality, measurement uncertainty, and laboratory standards (ISO 17025 familiarity is a plus)

▸ Comfort with digital tools and a genuine interest in how AI is shaping scientific workflows

Experience

▸ Hands-on laboratory background — academic, industrial, or third-party testing environment

▸ Experience in a scientific services, testing, CRO, or technical coordination role is a meaningful advantage ▸ Track record of communicating science clearly to both expert and non-expert audiences

The Person

▸ 🤝 Relationship-first: you build trust naturally and take genuine pride in your customers' success

▸ 🔍 Scientifically curious: you want to understand problems deeply, not just process requests

▸ ⚡ Ownership mindset: you follow through, you escalate when needed, and you never let a project fall through the cracks

▸ 🏆 High standards: you find sloppy work uncomfortable and push yourself and others toward excellence

▸ 🌍 Internationally minded: you are energised by working across cultures, languages, and time zones

▸ Strong English communication skills

💼 What Universal Lab Offers

▸ A substantive scientific role — not support, not admin, but real ownership of customer outcomes

▸ Direct exposure to a diverse and challenging range of analytical projects spanning materials, chemicals, energy, pharma, and more

▸ The backing of an experienced international team of PhD-level scientists and engineers

▸ Competitive compensation structured around your experience and the scope of your impact

▸ A front-row seat to how a science-driven platform scales globally — and the opportunity to grow with it ▸ A culture where curiosity is rewarded, excellence is expected, and every team member's contribution matters

📩 Ready to Make an Impact?

If you are a scientist who thrives on human connection and wants to bring real analytical expertise to bear for customers who need it, we want to talk.

🌐 www.universallab.org 📧 info@universallab.org 🔗 Apply via LinkedIn

We welcome applications from candidates at all career stages. Your level and scope of responsibility will be shaped together based on your background and ambitions.

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