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Chemistry Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 17+ chemistry jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include Graphcore, L3Harris Technologies, and Merck.

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9-day fortnights 3
compressed weeks 4
generous PTO 5
unlimited PTO 5

Updated October 5, 2026

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Associate, Materials Process Engineer (Chemistry Lab)

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Camden, SC, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

Associate, Materials & Processes Engineering

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Orange, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$59k – $110k

Quality Control Analyst II

Genentech · Onsite · Oceanside, CA, USA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$45k – $84k

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NMR Spectroscopy

Merck · Hybrid · Rahway, NJ, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$82k – $92k

Associate Scientist, Post Doc Fellow

Merck · Onsite · Boston, MA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$82k – $92k

IR Designer and Analyst

General Atomics · Hybrid · Poway, CA, USA

58 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Process Engineering Summer Intern

Helion · Onsite · Everett, WA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Assistant Teaching Professor - Chemistry

Syracuse University · Onsite · Syracuse, NY, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Postdoctoral Associate - Bioengineering

2mo

Rice University · Onsite · Houston, TX, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Postdoctoral Associate - Bioengineering

2mo

Rice University · Onsite · Houston, TX, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Associate Professor of Chemistry

4mo

George Washington University · Hybrid · Washington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Engineer III, Manufacturing Sciences

20d

Biogen · Hybrid · Research Triangle Park, USA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$81k – $105k

Scientific Solutions Partner

2mo

TetraScience · Hybrid · Copenhagen, Denmark

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Scientific Solutions Partner

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

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Employers hiring for Chemistry on this page include Graphcore, L3Harris Technologies, and Merck. 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 17 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.