Staff Scientist

Location

Mount Vernon, IL | United States

Job description

Staff Scientist

14004245

Functional Forms

Mt. Vernon, Indiana

Chemistry that Matters™

Functional Forms offers high quality, market leading, engineered thermoplastic sheet and film LEXAN™ branded products across diverse industries, ranging from building and construction to consumer electronics. We focus on research and development with commercial partners and experts from leading academic institutions. Together we bring improvements that help customers make the world better, faster, lighter, and cost effective in ways that also protect the environment. We have an extensive global presence with about 700 employees, 9 manufacturing sites and presence in 19 countries.

Functional Forms looks to transform in the coming year therefore, we seek people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and business wisdom. Individuals who thrive in a collaborative environment with clear responsibilities, focused on process improvement, building/growing and with a business start-up mindset will be successful. This journey is just getting started and we need your help!

Job Summary

Product development role is to initiate, lead, contribute and deliver on research and development projects with FF business impact, including new product introductions and business continuity support. Use scientific practices and statistical methods to develop innovative and proprietary solutions for FF customers. Understand competition, market, and application spaces.

How You Can Be the Impact

• Able to identify and translate application and customer needs into deliverables.
• Plan, lead and manage projects to develop and deliver advanced new technical solutions from ideation, through proof of concept, to prototype, production scale up and commercialized products in thermoplastic films and sheets.
• Able to analyze data critically, draw conclusions and recommend go/no-go decisions to senior leadership.
• Capable of executing lab work plans including hands-on tasks. Operate and maintain various lab analytical test equipment.
• Drive product innovation, manufacturing scale-up and new manufacturing solutions
• Build external network with suppliers, tollers, designers, architects and institutes.
• Promotes open technical communication including knowledge management.

What Matters to SABIC

• Requires advanced degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, and Chemistry or related discipline. Ph.D or Masters with minimum 5 - 15 years relevant working experience.
• Broad knowledge of Polymer Coatings, Extrusion and Polymer Characterization, Film/Sheet processing, Statistical Experimentation and Data analysis.
• Demonstrated good practice of scientific methodology.
• A hands-on practical approach to problem solving at customer level
• Self-driven and proactive with the ability to independently identify and lead technical product development projects.
• Team player who effectively interacts with cross-functional team.
• Fluent in oral and written English with good technical communication skills.
• Travel up to 25%

Eligibility Requirements

• You must submit your application for employment online to be considered. Please submit your resume using the “Apply Now/Apply” option on this page.
• You must be 18 years or older
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work for SABIC in the United States on a full-time basis.

Work Availability

Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this position. Applicants must be regularly available and willing to work (e.g. Monday – Friday) during assigned hours of operation and such other hours as the company determines are necessary or desirable to meet business needs

We are proud to be a diverse and an equal opportunity employer. We are fully committed to a culture of respect and inclusion.

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