Associate Scientist - Technical Products Research
About The Position
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is seeking a new member for the Technical Products Research (TPR) team. This role will focus on understanding consumer needs and creating solutions to reimagine beauty and develop breakthrough technical product solutions. The TPR team is part of Research and Innovation (R&I) and concentrates on early upstream consumer understanding, product benchmarking, and guiding the development of platform technology and product solutions. The role acts as the voice of the consumer within R&I's upstream developments, integrating consumer, technical, and competitive landscape knowledge to guide technical innovation teams on opportunities and implications of technical choices, ensuring holistic technical product design (formula + packaging + idea). The Associate Scientist/Engineer is responsible for delivering new and improved products through in-depth consumer understanding, translating consumer beliefs, needs, and desires into critical product design features, technologies, benefits, and experiential cues. This includes defining targets and acceptable ranges for product performance via consumer and technical research and understanding. The role will work across sub-categories on platform & upstream research projects, collaborating with the Advanced Technologies group, Formulation team, and Packaging & Processing innovation partners.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Engineering or Science
Responsibilities
- Be the voice of the consumer to help guide & inform the technology innovation teams on opportunities & implications of technical choices.
- Deliver new and improved products through in-depth consumer understanding.
- Uncover & translate consumer beliefs, needs & desires into critical product design features and technologies, benefits, and experiential cues.
- Define targets & acceptable ranges for product performance via consumer and technical research and understanding.
- Work across sub-categories on platform & upstream research projects.
- Collaborate with Advanced Technologies group, Formulation team, and Packaging & Processing innovation partners.
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- wellness and family support programs
- life and disability insurance
- retirement savings plans
- paid leave programs
- education-related programs
- paid holidays and vacation time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
