Sr. Scientist

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Pall Corporation, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation.

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The Sr. Scientist will be located in Cortland, NY and will report to the Senior Director, Membrane.  This is an onsite role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• SME: Develop the capability to serve as a subject matter expert in Pall filtration and purification technologies and their diverse applications
• Manufacturing Screening: Lead a significant aspect of manufacturing screening to determine the main membrane supplier for different microporous media technologies, such as Meltblown (PP, PPS), Wetlaid (Cellulose, GF), Stretch (PE, PTFE), Phase Inversion (Nylon, PES), and Inorganics
• Material Selection: Determine and identifying optimal materials for specific product designs by balancing performance, cost, and manufacturing sustainability goals, considering both internal and external suppliers.
• Research and Development: Lead and execute external and internal media screening, designated testing, and support the down-selection of membranes for strategic projects
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, suppliers, and regulatory during the project cycles and serve  as the technical voice alongside the BU marketing teams will help us better understand product requirements and drive the development of product specifications that deliver effective project solutions to include preparing project technical strategy proposals based on the BU project request.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• PhD degree PhD in Material Science, Polymer/Material Engineering, Chemical Engineering with experience in microporous membrane production.
• 5+ years' experience with industrial membrane filtration technologies
• Strong problem-solving abilities, technical writing, and communication skills to effectively collaborate across technical, filter design, quality, sourcing and manufacturing teams.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Membrane Science, Colloidal Science and filtration experience
• Advanced characterization techniques, microscopy, spectroscopy

Pall Corporation, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The salary range for this role is $100,000 - $110,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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