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Chemistry Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ chemistry jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 11 new this week. Hiring companies include Merck, Graphcore, and The Aerospace Corporation.

Schedules on this page

9-day fortnights 3
compressed weeks 3
summer Fridays 1
generous PTO 9
unlimited PTO 4

Updated September 15, 2026

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Associate Principal Scientist, External Capabilities

Merck · Remote · UK +2 more

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Engineer III, Manufacturing Sciences

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Biogen · Hybrid · Research Triangle Park, USA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$81k – $105kPro · early access

Associate Manufacturing - Nights (D or C shift)

Amgen · Onsite · West Greenwich, RI, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$71k – $96k

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2027 Future Talent Program – Manufacturing Science and Technology Intern

Merck · Onsite · West Point or Rahway, NJ

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$40k – $111k

IC 2027 Space Photovoltaics Engineer/Scientist

The Aerospace Corporation · Onsite · El Segundo, CA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$120k – $140k

IC 2027 Space Photovoltaics Engineer/Scientist

The Aerospace Corporation · Onsite · El Segundo, CA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$120k – $140k

Apprentice Laboratory Technician specializing in Chemistry EFZ (m/f/d)

Merck · Onsite · Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Training Lead - Chemistry

1mo

Khan Academy · Hybrid · Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, India

63 · GoodSummer Fridays

Postdoctoral Associate - Bioengineering

1mo

Rice University · Onsite · Houston, TX, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Postdoctoral Associate - Bioengineering

1mo

Rice University · Onsite · Houston, TX, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Associate Professor of Chemistry

3mo

George Washington University · Hybrid · Washington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

2027 University Intern - ERI Analytical Solutions

1mo

Phillips 66 · Onsite · Bartlesville, OK, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$2,202 – $3,044/wk

Scientific Solutions Partner- Central US

2mo

TetraScience · Hybrid · Indianapolis, IN +2 more

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$120k – $200k

AI Research Engineer

2mo

Graphcore · Hybrid · Bristol +2 more

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

AI Research Engineer

2mo

Graphcore · Hybrid · Bristol +2 more

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

AI Research Engineer

2mo

Graphcore · Hybrid · Bristol +2 more

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Associate Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow – Device Development & Technology

Merck · Hybrid · Rahway, NJ, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Future Talent Program - Protein & Structural Chemistry - Intern

Merck · Onsite · South San Francisco, CA +3 more

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$39k – $111k

2027 Future Talent Program – Bioanalytical Sciences – Intern

Merck · Hybrid · West Point, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$39k – $111k

2027 Future Talent Program - Animal Health Formulation and Analytical Sciences - Intern

Merck · Onsite · Rahway, NJ, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$39k – $111k

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Employers hiring for Chemistry on this page include Merck, Graphcore, and The Aerospace Corporation. Chemistry roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Chemistry is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Chemistry roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Chemistry across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Chemistry hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Chemistry roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Chemistry candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Chemistry on current listings.