Chemist

Brady Corporation • Milwaukee, WI

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About The Position

Brady Corp is seeking a Chemist I to be an influential and visible member of the Materials R&D department. The role provides hands-on research, technical knowledge, and leadership to develop new products through commercial launch and support existing products within the Global Identification Solutions business (BradyID.com). Technical areas of focus include inks for digital print, print-receptive coatings, pressure-sensitive adhesives, and flexible substrates for roll-to-roll coating operations.

Requirements

• Understand process capability and variability, design selection criteria, structure-property relationships, iterative problem solving, risk management, and intellectual property fundamentals.
• Be able to follow existing ASTM test methods and develop new test methods.
• Be able to communicate data effectively to decision-makers.
• Properly document technical and experimental activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on research projects that deliver business results.
• Work with operations to support new materials, quality concerns, and process improvements.
• Serve as the Technical Lead on project activities through a defined Stage Gate process.
• Work within cross-functional teams to enable new product development project success.
• Work with site manufacturing and test engineers to complete product qualifications.
• Follow existing ASTM test methods and develop new test methods as needed.
• Communicate relevant data to decision-makers at the appropriate time.
• Document technical and experimental activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed