Lead R&D Scientist, Silica Materials (Director)

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Electronics.

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.  

Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
 

Your Role:

This role is a product development scientist for the global silica business reporting to the Silica R&D Director. This scientist must work well in a multi-disciplinary team environment and develop good working relationships both internally and externally. This role is part of a collaboration team that works to create novel customer focused solutions. Creating solutions involves ideation, design, testing, scaling, and introduction. Solutions span from new materials and technologies to improvement of existing products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead development of new products for defined customer targets.
• Collaborate with development partners to solve problems and improve the product development cycle and capabilities.
• Use data, product design, and statistical tools to speed up development cycles.

Location: Charlotte, NC, USA; onsite

Travel: <10%, Domestic and International

Who You Are:

Minimum qualifications:

• Ph.D. in science, preferably in chemical engineering, chemistry, or related colloidal, nanoparticle, or particle science field,
• Minimum 5 years of experience in colloidal silica or related silica chemistry (industrial or post-doctoral)

Preferred qualifications:

• Project leadership skills and experience.
• Knowledge of and related experience in:    
  • Nanoparticle fundamentals including stability, surface modification, and interactions with additives,
  • Silica nanoparticle production including synthesis using silicates and orthosilicates, filtration, and characterization,
  • Chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) applications and requirements,
  • Statistical techniques for advanced design and development, and
  • Stage gate processes and project management.
• Ability to perform laboratory work and interface with engineering concepts and personnel.

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
 
Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!

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