Technical Service & Development Scientist

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Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Technical Service & Development (TS&D) Scientist located in Lake Jackson, TX supporting our NORDEL(TM) EPDM franchise.

This role applies advanced conceptual and practical knowledge in rubber materials, formulation, and processing to support customer needs by leading the development of new applications and providing technical expertise on the use, handling, and management of Dow products. The individual will drive formulation design and process optimization for EPDM rubber applications, including weather seals, hoses, belts, and roofing membranes. The position requires deep expertise in polymer science, rubber chemistry, and vulcanization systems (sulfur and peroxide), along with proficiency in ingredient selection (elastomers, fillers, oils, curatives, additives) and a strong understanding of structure–property relationships.

• Develop and optimize EPDM formulations to meet performance and cost targets.
• Design cure systems and mixing cycles; troubleshoot processing issues.
• Conduct material characterization and testing per ASTM/ISO standards.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to scale up and validate compounds for diverse applications.
• Uses broad market, customer, and application knowledge and in-depth understanding of competitive technologies to solve complex technical issues
• Convinces others about differentiated technical solutions and articulates synergies between technologies to maximize value effectively- understands how business value is created for Dow and the customer
• Applies and uses project methodologies in a manner that is considered exemplary
• Participates in the development and implementation of IC strategy for a business or platform, and fully participates in the development of technology maps for projects and leads area of IP development
• Coaches others in identifying opportunities and how to understand and articulate value of Dow technologies in different applications
• Delivers presentations or reports that distill complex ideas into clear results and proposals; communicates appropriately to influence internal and external audiences
• Serves as principal author on papers and presentations and presents at industry conferences
• Manages the technical project pipeline for a business within a geography, and translates competitive knowledge to useful insights for internal stakeholders, and works closely with marketing to proactively lead effort to identifying new high-value opportunity spaces with internal and external stakeholders
• Provides effective TS&D to numerous strategic accounts for the business, responds to technical questions of customers and other Dow/market-facing businesses, and manages tech…