Job Description
Job Description
Job description:
What you’ll do: As a Senior Scientist, you will contribute directly as well as guide others to: identify new opportunities, create new material technologies, and commercialize novel materials.
Duties / Responsibilities of this position:
- Identify and create new technologies in structural and/or environmental sealing polymeric materials and processes through a technically fundamental approach.
- Develop fundamental knowledge on the relationship of materials, processes, structures, and properties.
- Lead a set of R&D personnel to independently plan and execute research and development projects to explore new technologies, products, or modes of problem solution.
- Provide mentorship to less-experienced associates.
- Generate and interpret data in context of problem resolution and effectively communicate findings and direction to other departments in the organization.
- Maintain and expand expertise in a set of scientific areas, including physical, chemical, analytical, or formulation principles and methods.
- Help develop mechanistic understanding of current products and processes.
- Cultivate global collaboration in the internal and external scientific community.
- Support patent activities through filing activities, patent surveillance, and defense of our intellectual property.
- Serve as a champion of safety practices in the laboratory and office environments.
- Provide leadership to technicians and specialists.
- Very competent with self-directed work.
- Construction, maintenance, and safety responsibilities for laboratory workspace and equipment.
Job Requirements:
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
· BS with 10+ years of product development experience, MS with 5+ years of product development experience, or PhD in the sciences, typically in chemistry or material science.
· At least 5 years of experience leading and mentoring research and development personnel toward the identification and development of new technologies in a business setting.
Select skills in technical/scientific disciplines, as required.
· Very adept at maintaining and improving safety requirements in the laboratory and work space.
· Select skills in technical/scientific disciplines, as required.
· Versed in scientific methods, laboratory apparatus, and communication skills.
Core Competencies:
· Performance Driven
· Communication
· Customer Centric
· Passion/Values
· Innovation
· Safety/Sustainability
· Collaboration
· Leadership
Physical Demands Analysis:
- Occasional lifting up to 30 lbs.
- Occasional carrying up to 30 lbs.
- Occasional pushing/pulling up to 30 lbs.
- Frequent fine finger movement and handling materials
- Frequent gripping and reaching
- Occasional climbing stairs/step ladder
- Continuous sitting
- Continuous use of computer monitor, keyboard, and computer mouse
- Frequent standing and walking
- Occasional bending, stooping, twisting or balancing
- Rare crawling, kneeling, and crouching
Environmental Conditions:
- Inside Work – continuous
- Outside Work – rare
- Hot/Cold – occasional
- Humid/Dry – occasional
- Dust/Vapor Fumes – occasional
- Hazardous Machines – occasional
- Moving Objects – occasional
- Sharp hand tools – occasional
- Loud Noise – occasional
- Working alone – frequent
- May be required to wear the following Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Safety Glasses, Gloves, Sleeves, and Respirator (Dust Mask).
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Company DescriptionSTART - Specialized Talent Acquisition Recruiting Team. We offer 24/7 staffing services to the Metro Detroit Area.
Company Description
START - Specialized Talent Acquisition Recruiting Team. We offer 24/7 staffing services to the Metro Detroit Area.