Application Development Scientist-Textiles

Application Development Scientist

In addition to interacting with customers and translating unmet application needs, the Application Development Scientist has a variety of job responsibilities, including:

• Develop fiber, yarn, textile engineering solutions, dyeing and finishing processes, performance and sustainable chemistry which enables the expansion and launch of Acteev based fiber products.
• Responsible for validation and acceptance of fiber product offerings in customer applications and translating the wins globally, leveraging regional teams
• Initiate and develop new, improved fiber and fabric processing solutions according to market needs
• Facilitate product acceptance by recommending fabric construction changes and/or finishing to achieve required performance that meets testing requirements and standards.
• Plan and lead projects from concept to commercialization
• Responsible for material selection, data preparation, modeling data, customer presentations and customer trials
• Translate customer and market needs into product and application development design targets that ensure a clear value proposition for our offerings
• Drive fabric innovation at our customer and partners by developing unique fiber solutions via functional additives and finishes.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

The successful Application Scientist candidate will have a masters degree in Polymer Science, Polymer and Color Chemistry, Textile Engineering, Chemistry, or related discipline. Doctorate degrees are preferred.