Staff R&D Materials Chemist Engineer

Job Description:

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This Staff R&D Materials Chemist Engineer provides the opportunity to develop new materials, concepts and products for orthodontics. This person will be expected to interface with employees at all levels in various departments, including R&D, Operations, Quality Assurance, Technical Services, Regulatory Affairs, and Procurement. Major Responsibilities:
1) Hypothesize and develop materials formulations
2) perform chemical, physical, and mechanical property testing.
3) Conduct scientific research with objectivity and integrity.
4) Evaluation of chemical/materials technologies and reporting.
5) Support product development, operations, and sustaining teams.

• Define, develop and test new adhesive formulations based upon glass/resin composite mixtures.
• Prepare solutions, compounds, and reagents used in chemical laboratory procedures
• Conduct experiments using appropriate equipment, techniques and protocols without supervision and demonstrate ability to independently plan and carry out daily work.
• Conduct research according to company’s priority and establish schedules necessary to meet project timetables.
• Use established DOE methodologies to execute experimentation.
• Records experimental data according to established procedures, makes calculations, evaluates results, makes recommendations and maintains accurate records.
• Prepare advanced technical reports and white papers. Summarizes and communicates data of a complex nature to non-technical audiences.
• Able to lead medium to large new technology projects with minimal supervision; is accountable for results and owns the data.
• Mentoring junior scientists & engineers
• Conduct experiments using appropriate equipment, techniques and protocols without supervision and demonstrate ability to independently plan and carry out daily work.
• Conduct research according to company’s priority and establish schedules necessary to meet project timetables.
• Record experimental data according to established procedures, makes calculations, evaluates results, makes recommendations and maintains accurate records.
• Prepare advanced technical reports and white papers. Summarizes and communicates data of a complex nature to non-technical audiences.
• Work with the R&D, Procurement and Manufacturing teams to identify, evaluate and qualify suppliers and raw materials as required for new product development (NPD) and establish instructions, processes and plans to transition projects from R&D to Manufacturing
• Serving as the technical advisor to engineering, manufacturing, QA and procurement staff for raw material requirements, vendors, developing material test protocols and fabrication processes
• Developing and updating engineering documents such as Manufacturing Instructions, drawings, tests and qualification protocols
• Propose experimental approaches to complex problems.
• Design and carry out experiments with scientific…