Coatings Chemist I

About the role

This role will join a team of researchers in developing new formulations of protective and anti-corrosion coatings for metals. We support long-term federal research contracts in aerospace and ground vehicle support.

Responsibilities

• Conduct protective coating formulation, testing, and corrosion evaluation.
• Formulate and test coatings for customer trials and R&D projects.
• Maintain a safe and clean lab environment consistent with existing Elinor Safety Office protocols.
• Participate in scientific meetings.
• Generate, document, and report data and technical progress to internal and external stakeholder.

Qualifications

• B.S. in polymers and coatings, chemistry, or a closely related field with a minimum of two semesters of organic chemistry
• 2+ years of experience in a laboratory environment
• Demonstrated experience with coatings formulations, characterization, and testing.
• Demonstrated experience with corrosion protection, corrosion inhibition and electrochemical testing.
• Demonstrated experience with common coatings laboratory instrumentation.
• Demonstrated experience with word processing, spreadsheets, scheduling, and data analysis software.
• Demonstrated communication and writing skills to enable working with multi-disciplinary groups of individuals.
• Ability to set priorities and respond to changing needs from multiple sources.

Pay

Salary starting at $54k+, depending on experience.

Benefits

• 100% paid employee healthcare, vision, dental, disability and life insurance
• Starting PTO is 16 days annually with 14 paid holidays and 12 paid sick days
• 401k match
• Voluntary HSA, Flex, Employee Assistance Program and more