Associate Research Scientist Silicone Industry

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About this role
Dow Consumer Solutions (DCS), a division of The Dow Company, is seeking an Associate Research Scientist to join our Greater China Product Development team in Shanghai. This role offers a great opportunity in exploring silicone chemistry and applications in depth, leading hands-on formulation development and solving technical challenges for priority innovation projects serving electronics and industrial markets, including release coatings and pressure-sensitive adhesives etc., working closely with Process R&D, TS&D, Marketing, and Commercial teams to drive new products commercialization.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive innovations with integrated technologies to solve complex technical problems; Identifies alternative approaches to address new and existing challenges;
• Lead formulation and experimental design to create innovative and competitive technical solutions to the market, applying scientific methodologies and statistic tools across multiple disciplines to generate high‑quality data and valuable insight.
• Lead innovative projects and define scope and deliverables, collaborate cross-functional teams to ensure timely project delivery and align technical deliverables with business and commercialization objectives.
• Deliver presentations or reports that distill complex ideas into clear results and proposals. Use communication appropriately to influence stakeholders.
• Engage with customers in technical discussions, understand customer requirements, and translate market/customer needs into value‑adding solutions.
• Monitor the competition and market trends relative to Dow IP positions and integrate the information into R&D activities. Document internal technical reports.

• Champion EHS, compliance and lab stewardship: maintain safe operations, compliant on chemical and waste handling, equipment care; Model safe practices and adhere to company policies, quality standards, and regulatory requirements in all activities.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Polymer Science, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or related field.
• Minium 5 years’ experience in formulation, product or process development, preferably in Silicone Industry.
• Excellent communication (English/Chinese).

Your Skills

• Proven skill in DOE/statistics, rheology, surface science, and adhesion testing, with the ability to turn data into sound recommendations.
• Able to combine multiple technologies and work through technical challenges to reach practical solutions, using root-cause analysis to resolve technical issues efficiently.
• Self-motivation and ownership: independently drives projects and opportunity pipelines with minimal supervision, maintaining momentum to deliver results.
• Teamwork and cross-functional collaboration: works effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve business goals.
• Project management: prioritizes and plans innovation projects, managing milestones, timelines, and risks from kickoff to commercialization.
• Strong documentation skills, including technical reports and IP filings.

Additional Notes

• This is a site‑based role (Shanghai laboratory); 3-5% travel for customer trials, and manufacturing scale‑up.

Benefits – What Dow offers you 

We invest in you. 
 

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.  

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee: 

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives. 
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it. 
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals. 
  • Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
  • Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building. 
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs. 
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).  
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.  
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation. 
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
  • Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
  • Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
  • Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 30 countries and employ approximately 36,000 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2024. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visitingwww.dow.com.

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