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Confidential: Senior Scientist
Job Details
Position Type: |
Research and Development |
Employment Type: |
Full Time |
Job Description: |
As a key member of the Research & Development team, our candidate of choice will report directly to the CTO. This professional will focus on working with customers to integrate our clients materials into customer formulations, dramatically improving material performance related, but not limited to, mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, UV protection and conductivity. Working in the lab, this scientist will identify appropriate chemical reactions and develop proprietary formulations and processes for specific customer applications. In parallel to the development and characterization of these compounds, this professional will assume a leadership role in establishing, maintaining and managing the development of laboratory controls, policies, equipment, and procedures to support the accelerated growth of the client. While ensuring a safe and productive workplace, it is critical that this professional have a high sensitivity to customer service, quality and the economic viability of these products.
An important component of these efforts will be to work with the leadership team to create project plans to meet goals and objectives from customer and internal projects. The diversity of this role is exemplified by the need to have a willingness to run batch processes and maintain the lab as needed while also interacting with senior technologists and managers at global customer facilities. This individual will use past experiences and a strong educational background to stimulate the growth of an environment that will develop products into commercially viable volumes.
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Job Requirements: |
Specific Responsibilities:
•Take responsibility for creating a safe and efficient laboratory that is capable of meeting/exceeding the increasing demand for product. Establish, maintain and manage lab operation controls and policies.
•Positively and proactively interact with the commercial team to support customers for future product developments.
•Create and monitor project plans to meet goals and objectives for customers and internal projects.
•Identify processes to integrate current products into customer’s products.
•Determine chemical reactions and formulations for specific customer needs and product development and compatibility with other materials. Coordinate and run batch processes.
•Act as lab manager to ensure lab has required supplies to meet product development needs.
•Supervise lab technicians.
•Communicate with CTO to establish product development strategy and goals.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate will be recognized as a highly ethical, self motivated and successful scientist with demonstrated experience managing a lab and interacting with customers. This professional will have experience in commercializing technology and utilizing creative methods to develop new products and scaling up processes. This individual will have the self-confidence, sense of urgency and poise to effectively interact with senior technical and business leadership within and outside the company. Our candidate choice must be willing to “roll up the sleeves” and be hands-on with every aspect of the product development process. Specific qualifications include:
•Highly regarded chemist with a minimum of 5-10 years experience as a research professor, industrial chemist or at a national laboratory with a passion to develop commercially viable products and possesses a clear understanding of what it takes to make a chemical product commercially viable.
•Prior experience in nanoparticle surface treatment/coatings and manipulation or metal-oxides and composite suspensions or formulation compatibilities preferred but not required.
•Demonstrated ability to proactively and positively communicate with internal and external global customers. Experience in supervising and working with lab technicians and other chemists.
•Significant experience in procuring, setting up and operating both high and low temperature lab equipment (i.e. furnaces, spectrometers and other analyzers, pumps, lab benches etc.)
•Experience with clean room procedures, MSDS, OSHA is highly desirable.
•PhD in Chemistry or a related field complimented by appropriate industry experience.
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Extra Information: |
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Job Placement Categories
Science: |
Physics and Physical Sciences, Materials Science, Chemistry |
Industries: |
Materials, Chemical |
Technologies: |
Nanopackaging, Quantum dots, Nanocoatings, Nanofabrication, Nanoparticles, Nanocrystaline materials |
Location
City: |
Albany |
State: |
NEW YORK |
Country: |
United States |
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