Senior UV Coatings Chemist

Base salary $90,000-$140,000 Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, PTO, 401k.

Exciting opportunity for an experienced UV Coatings Chemist to take on a technical leadership role at a state-of-the-art R&D facility! This position offers the opportunity to lead UV coatings innovation, drive new product development and commercialization, and mentor a junior Chemist while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

• Lead development and optimization of UV-curable coating formulations.
• Serve as the technical expert for UV coatings technologies.
• Develop new formulations and improve existing products.
• Lead multiple R&D projects from concept through scale-up and commercialization.
• Establish technical direction and identify new materials and technologies.
• Manage and mentor one junior Chemist.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Manufacturing, Quality, and R&D teams.
• Support customer technical needs, troubleshooting, and manufacturing scale-up.
• Lead product development activities using Stage Gate processes.

• BS in Chemistry, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field; MS/PhD preferred.
• 5+ years of industrial formulation experience, preferably in UV-curable coatings.
• Experience with waterborne UV, solvent-reduced UV, and/or 100% solids UV formulations.
• Demonstrated experience developing new formulations and modifying existing products.
• Experience leading technical projects through product development and commercialization.
• Previous people management, mentoring, or technical team leadership experience.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience with Stage Gate development, manufacturing scale-up, or customer technical support preferred.