SUMMARY:

Acts as the technical lead for research and development projects. Creates new materials and processes to meet industry challenges, and refines these down to well characterized product offerings.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS:

• Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field plus 6 years’ experience or
• PhD Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field preferred plus 2 years’ experience or
• Equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Experience in research and development

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serves as the technical lead for research and development projects, driving multiple projects and multiple pathways
• Serves as project lead, with minimal supervision to drive project management tasks including planning, meeting project deadlines, and may manage others
• Serves as technical adviser/mentor who provides problem solving and guidance to other team members
• Guides subordinates to complete tasks
• Presents to customers and at industry forums
• Documents work and initiates the submission of new intellectual property, and provides help with IP maintenance
• Keeps up to date on current industry needs within the SBU and looks for new approaches to meet the needs by chemistry and process
• Provides help with experiment design and methods for in-depth data analysis.
• Acts as a mentor for laboratory practices
• Helps set safety and housekeeping standards and monitors how they are practiced in daily activities
• Keeps up-to-date on best laboratory notebook practices and helps to improve and implement the process