Material Chemist

Booz Allen Hamilton•Lorton, VA

4d•Remote

About The Position

Become a part of our warfighter technology team delivering breakthrough technologies for our customers by providing innovative solutions that address critical mission challenges. As a long-term defense partner, Booz Allen delivers advanced technology that furthers essential priorities of the joint force, allies, and global partners. In this role, you will do that by working in a dynamic team that is responsible for developing, integrating, testing, and transitioning unique soft material technologies that result in emerging fieldable solutions for our defense customers. As a material chemist on our team, you’ll support internal initiatives and government customers by executing product development efforts across internal and external teams. You’ll perform custom formulations, develop soft materials, generate test samples, coordinate with suppliers and manufacturers, and support material projects that address critical mission outcomes. You’ll wear multiple hats such as a formulator, engineer, applied scientist, applicator, and technical expert, ensuring that material solutions are aligned to mission priorities and progress in technology readiness and manufacturability. Your contributions will help drive technological solutions that support critical mission challenges. This role will require focus on technology maturation, transition and integration within the defense industry, and technical project management. Specifically, the focus is around material science and chemical technologies. You will work on unusually complex problems and provide highly innovative solutions by collaborating with engineers, scientists, and mission experts. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

5+ years of experience developing chemicals, soft material, or specialized coatings to support industrial, petrochemical, or defense customers
5+ years of experience with polymer science, formulary science, additives, or applied science
1+ years of experience with testing, evaluation, and compliance with standard methods such as ISO, ASTM, and MIL-SPEC
Experience executing across multiple projects that are composed of multidisciplinary teams of scientists, engineers, business professionals, mission partners, vendors, and sub-contractors
Knowledge of technology, manufacturing, and integration readiness levels, or launch, maintenance, or sustainment of soft material technologies
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree in a Material Science, Chemistry, Physics, or Engineering field

Nice To Haves

1+ years of experience working on a team in a fast-paced environment and in project management
Experience supporting the DoD with both contractual and technical requirements testing and evaluation, market research, technology scouting, material integration, procurement of development items, financial tracking, and schedule development
Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, Kanban, or other project management styles
Master’s degree in Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, or a related field preferred
Doctorate degree in Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, or a related field a plus

Responsibilities

Developing, integrating, testing, and transitioning unique soft material technologies.
Performing custom formulations.
Developing soft materials.
Generating test samples.
Coordinating with suppliers and manufacturers.
Supporting material projects that address critical mission outcomes.
Ensuring material solutions are aligned to mission priorities and progress in technology readiness and manufacturability.
Focusing on technology maturation, transition, and integration within the defense industry.
Technical project management.
Working on material science and chemical technologies.
Collaborating with engineers, scientists, and mission experts to solve complex problems and provide innovative solutions.