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Senior Scientist/Chemistry
Job in
Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota, USA
Listed on 2025-10-05
Listing for:
Hoya Vision Care
Full Time
position Listed on 2025-10-05
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Research Scientist -
Research/Development
Research Scientist
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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The Hoya Vision Care Team is looking for a Sr. Scientist – Active Chemistry to work in our Ramsey, MN facility. The salary for this position is $120,000+ plus annual incentive.
Benefits include:
- Health/Dental/Vision/Disability Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 401K plans
- PTO and Paid Holidays
- And more!
Responsibilities:
- Develop new polymer matrices and functional structures to deliver lenses and active devices with enhanced performance according to market and customer requirements
- Lead efforts for the development of new materials and processes with application in ophthalmic
- Work across teams to characterize the new structures, laminates and coatings
- Investigate, plan and execute work for developing and bringing to market new active lenses
- Produce data analyses and assemble updates for technical review by peers and management
- Prepare technical reports, research summaries, and presentations
- Work with internal and external partners to optimize, innovate ophthalmic products and processes
- Understand scale-up and transfer of laboratory processes to production, ensuring quality standards are capable of being met
- Review current literature and patents to determine new possible paths of exploration
- Supervise and direct technicians and junior engineers in the execution of experiments
- Follow safety protocols for handling chemical hazards and regulations in a laboratory setting
Qualifications:
- BS in materials science, physics, chemistry or chemical engineering. M.S. or PhD strongly preferred
- Minimum of five years preferred as an R&D scientist/engineer in an industrial setting
- Strong scientific background in active chemistries including photochromic, peroxides, urethanes and acrylates
- Experience in new product development within a stage gate
- 5+ years of applied research and/or product development in optical materials; experience in polymer physics and understanding of polymer structure-property relationships
- Experience building and testing prototypes for advanced performance to meet customer requirements
- Familiarity with statistical analysis and design of experiments applied to the design and evaluation of new materials and processes
- Willingness to travel up to 15%
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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