R&D Senior Scientist/Engineer - Product Development

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The Tyvek® enterprise in DuPont™ Healthcare & Water Technologies is globally recognized as an advanced materials and solutions provider in healthcare packaging, personal protective equipment, and consumer and industrial solutions, among others. We aim to improve safety & health, innovation, and sustainability with the Tyvek® brand, whether it’s protecting workers from on-the-job hazards, providing sterile packaging for medical devices & pharmaceuticals, or countless other applications.

In Tyvek® R&D, we deliver new products for new and existing markets, improvements in manufacturing, and/or entirely new technology platforms and assets. Our Tyvek® R&D Scientists and Engineers define, lead, and execute technical programs focused on product and process technology development, based on a strong understanding of fundamental scientific and engineering principles. They are active members of the broader global technology community within DuPont™.

Primary Responsibilities:

As part of our Tyvek® R&D growth plan, we are seeking a Senior Scientist / Engineer focused on Product Development with Subject Matter Expertise in a scientific and/or engineering discipline relevant to producing polymer-based products at commercial scale. The expectation for this position requires a candidate that can be effective at delivering product solutions in tight timelines, with a hands-on, pragmatic capability to handle the details necessary to drive new developments in key market segments. Successful product development requires the ability to build process-structure-property relationships and apply them at a lab to commercial scale to meet market needs.

This hiring initiative represents an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, empowered, global R&D team that applies a rich understanding of materials, polymer science & engineering, chemistry, physics, and chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineering. We work in a very diverse environment with the mission to develop nonwoven membrane solutions that protect people, property, and critical products and processes from the hazards that threaten them.

Specific job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Defining, leading, and executing R&D programs focused on improving the technical value proposition of Tyvek® nonwovens in the market.

• Act as the product technology focal point with Marketing Managers, Product Managers, and Application Technology Leaders to develop market participation strategies with different and new product families based on advanced flash spinning technology.

• Design of experiments related to flash-spinning of new polymers, polymer blends and additives, and polymer solutions, including formulation of optimized ingredients and process conditions.

• Identifying, assessing, and developing new or improved lab and pilot scale capabilities.

• Developing methods for monitoring product performance across multiple processing steps.

• Ability to apply fundamental scientific and engineering principles inform product development.

• Developing fundamental mechanistic understanding of product characteristics.

• Communicating analyses and findings through technical reports and presentations.

• Participate in supplier discussions to identify new or improved process ingredients.

• Actively developing new intellectual property (IP) and ensure IP is appropriately managed and defended for the market segment.

• Understanding the regulatory and competitive landscape, with good comprehension of relevant IP.

• Propose process and product improvements which maintain compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

• Collaborating in global, cross-functional teams, represented by various technical and non-technical disciplines.

• Partnering with other scientists and engineers to scale new processes and products to commercial production and introduction to market.

• Actively seeking and partnering with internal and external consultants, vendors, and other entities to execute programs.

This job may require travel up to 10% of work time.

Qualifications:

• PhD or MSc in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Polymer Science and Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related disciplines

• Knowledge in two or more of the following areas:

• product development;

• process and/or product scale-up;

• polymer processing, chemistry, and/or physics;

• polymer characterization;

• thermodynamics;

• intellectual property development;

• quality assurance;

• standards development / regulatory compliance;

• project management.

• Previous professional experience, preferably in research or manufacturing roles.

Competencies:

• Conceptual, analytical and strategic thinking

• Able to expertly apply a fundamental scientific approach to problem solving

• Intellectual curiosity and personal drive for continuous learning

• Creative, innovative, agile & adaptive

• Hands-on, pragmatic approach

• Self-driven with entrepreneurial initiative

• Excellent communication, networking, and coaching skills, with the ability to influence others

• Strong collaboration capacity and ability to work well in cross-functional teams.

• Technical writing and documentation; general software proficiency.

• Robust statistical & analytical skills.

• Preferred: Demonstrated Project Management leadership, from idea to installation and qualification, preferably of mechanical equipment or machinery.

• Language: English (required), German (strongly preferred), French (preferred)

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