Breakthrough Innovation Scientist

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Job summary: Performs technical, scientific, or research assignments. Develops theories for understanding, characterizing and organizing information on advanced materials (ie: elastomers, thermoplastics, composites, coatings) into a systematic and meaningful pattern for research into potential new material products.  Plans project approaches and routinely formulates work plans, DOE.  Responsible for setting and defining technical objectives and assessing results. Plans and executes laboratory research as a component of Technology and New Product Development roadmap efforts.  May participate in development of patent applications.  May provide guidance in setting up and executing experiments, testing for Technicians.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:  

• Conduct research into the structures and properties of materials in order to obtain information that could be used to develop new products or enhance existing ones.

• Identify and understand product performance requirements or critical to quality attributes and ability to tie those characteristics to chemistry and materials variables that can be modified to attain the targets.

• Devise and conduct testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on particular materials.  Plan & execute laboratory experiments to confirm feasibility of processes and techniques used in the production of materials having special characteristics. May provide instruction and guidance in executing experiments and gathering data to lab technicians

• Choose suitable materials and testing methodologies for particular characteristics in new products, such as withstanding vibration, corrosion, pressure, temperature or impact as dictated by the particulars of a given development project.  Design, research and develop novel materials or processes for specific purposes.

• Compile & analyze materials test results; prepare reports & technical presentations of study findings for the use of scientists, research engineers, and research technicians.  Maintain effective interactions with scientists in other business units toward leveraging innovation achievements.

• Documentation of lab scale /demonstrator formulation and fabrication to facilitate transfer to scale up or commercialization.  Facilitate the technology knowledge transfer to other functions within the organization such as manufacturing, engineering, sales, etc.

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications:  PhD required in Materials Science (ie: Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Science, Chemistry), Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field required; Six Sigma certification desired (GB – preferred, BB – ideal).

Skills and Experience: 

• Minimum of 3+ years related experience in materials development for polymers, plastics, elastomers, and/or coatings – could be academic or industrial experience).
• Strong depth of knowledge in material properties, modeling product performance and dynamic materials analysis in order to make technical decisions toward designing experiments for scientific materials program.
• Strong computational, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience conducting experiments to calibrate and verify material models.
• Ability to clearly communicate the outcome of technical and commercial research to various technical and non-technical audiences, including customer meetings and technical conference presentations.
• An ability to take ownership and accountability for developing experimental timelines and meeting commitments.
• The ability to work well in a team and to coordinate the efforts of a team in support of a technical project or program.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of chemical structure – property relationships in materials such as elastomers, polymers, polymeric composites or coatings would be a plus.
• Experience characterizing chemical, mechanical and other properties of advanced materials using customized testing equipment would be a plus
• The ability to develop a familiarity with appropriate experimental techniques, apparatus and procedures particular to their area of study as specified by the developmental program.
• Knowledge & experience with general product formulation, curing chemistry, coating technology and/or rheology.
• Experience applying for patents and/or utilizing IP practices/procedures to protect intellectual property

Essential Job Functions

            Physical Requirements:          

                        Standing                                   Frequently (46-100%)

                        Sitting                                      Frequently (46-100%)

                        Lifting                                      Up to 25lbs without assistance

                        Carrying                                   Up to 25lbs without assistance

                        Walking                                   Occasionally (16-45%)

                        Hearing                                     Ability to detect noises with or without corrective device(s)

                        Vision                                      Clarity of vision, with or without corrective lenses

            Mental Requirements:            

                        Problem Solving                       Frequently (46-100%)

                        Making Decisions                     Ability to make decisions that have a significant impact

                        Supervise                                  Rarely (0-15%)

                        Interpret Data                           Frequently (46-100%)

                        Organize                                   Frequently (46-100%)

                        Read/Write                               Frequently (46-100%)

                        Communication                        Frequently (46-100%)

            Work Environment

                        High Temperatures                   Occasionally (16-45%)

                        Low Temperatures                    Occasionally (16-45%)

                        Noises                                      Loud (manufacturing environment, movement of large equipment)

                        Fumes Exposure                       Occasionally (16-45%)

Required Minimum Qualifications 

• This position requires U.S. Person status as defined by applicable law for authorized access to data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).  A U.S. Person includes U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals, lawful permanent residents, and workers granted refugee or asylum status in the United States.  

Note:  This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor.  All requirements are subject to change and updates.

We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more, to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Greene, Tweed is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.

Drug Free Workplace:

Greene, Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace.  Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal, state, and local laws.

NOTE: Greene, Tweed is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities, unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at GT without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Greene, Tweed, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Greene, Tweed as a result of the referral or through other means.