Scientist

Core Responsibilities

• Develop/Optimize recipes for products following APQP process.
• This includes preparation of a lab sample and sufficient testing to demonstrate fulfillment of customer specifications, including color.
• Recipes are also to be developed to be cost effective, meeting our customers’ requirements while using low cost materials.
• A scientist must understand how recipe cost impacts the profitability of our company.
• Work with operation team and other functions to ensure new/modified product alignment (scale up) into production.
• Work with application team to develop application line simulation parameters to ensure that line trials and product introductions are right first time.
• Communicate with account teams to ensure that all project team members are fully up-to-date with technical progress on projects.
• When relevant, a scientist is responsible for finding suitable rework routes to support non-productive inventory reduction with product quality control.

Key Job Requirements

• 3 years coating experience or above, ideally with OEM coating development experience
• B.S. in Chemistry related or above, or equivalent coating research / development experience
• Project management and problem-solving skill
• Good computer skills including office, database, and statistics
• Good verbal and written of English language preferred
• Team work and collaboration is important