Senior Scientist

Endeavour. Inspired Infrastructure.•Syracuse, NY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

TAF Carbon has an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about sustainability and eager to be part of an innovative company that’s on a journey to transform the world’s infrastructure. We are seeking a Senior Scientist to join our team working directly with the Director of R&D and focusing on Product Development. This role is part of the support team that services the entire Endeavour ecosystem and contributes to the overall health and success of the organization. The Senior Scientist in R&D needs to be agile, professional, and comfortable in a rapidly changing environment. The right person is proactive, trustworthy with confidential information, highly organized, self-motivated, has excellent communication skills, can think strategically, and works equally as well independently as with a team. TAF Carbon is highly selective about the people we bring on board because our ecosystem depends on it. Change happens quickly here, and we must maintain a strong team of honest, communicative, collaborative, open-minded, strategic, reliable, and driven team members. We seek ultra-creative performers with self-awareness, a sense of humility, and hunger to make a positive impact in the world. Endeavour offers flexibility and endless growth opportunities to those who can harness their skills and talents and identify how and where to use them to add value. Our support team is the heart of the ecosystem. We’re a diverse group of bright, passionate, dedicated people, working together to make a real difference. Are you ready to join the journey? TAF Carbon develops ultra high end materials that compete with “ordinary materials” in the construction market and beyond. Our team of passionate change-makers want to leave the world better than the way we found it. TAF Carbon prides itself on hiring talented, highly motivated people because that’s what our mission requires. To work at TAF Carbon is to know that you are part of something special—something bigger than yourself. Today, we’re deploying solutions that are game changing, scalable and profitable, taking on challenges based on the needs of our clients and partners and of local and global economies. At TAF Carbon we combine the best of what technology and the natural world can offer in developing a truly game changing material. Are you ready to #JoinTheJourney?

Requirements

PhD in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering or Materials Science or Material Engineering
4+ years of R&D or manufacturing industry experience, or Postdoc in materials research
Scientific problem solving at the molecular level with a focus on graphitic materials or cellular solids and foams or composite materials, or related systems
Scientific rigor with a focus on quality over quantity and attention to details are musts
Strong hands-on lab skills and problem solving and safe lab set-up and chemical handling experience
NMR, GC, LC, SEM, XRD, TGA, DSC, Raman/IR or other materials analytical techniques
Skills in Statistical Process Control, Six Sigma or other process development tools

Nice To Haves

A knowledge of polyurethane or other foams manufacturing processes is a great plus
Design of experiments such as DoE or Bayesian Optimization and modern data analysis with Machine Learning and other AI approaches is a plus (JMP, Minitab, Python...)
Implementation knowledge and use of lab automation is a plus, added plus if self-driving lab experience
Furnace safety and set-up, atmosphere control with multiple gasses or CVD experience
Project management experience in Gantt or Agile or other methods

Responsibilities

Pilot and execute research of new carbon-based building materials for TAF Carbon to deliver validated prototypes and experimental data aligned with R&D milestones
Design and execute development plans to take research leads through manufacturing to deliver new commercial products
The Senior Scientist or Engineer will drive the full product development cycle (concept → scale-up → manufacturing) contributing with their experience and proactively learning where experience is limited
Build capabilities, executing the R&D roadmap, by developing new experimental workflows, introducing analytical and processing equipment, and implementing automation
Work closely with engineering and manufacturing partners in cooperation with company leadership to achieve product scale-up and manufacturing goals
Interface closely with research partners and intellectual property counsel to protect product innovations
Focus on hands-on material testing, technical problem solving, data collection and analysis
Supervise and collaborate with junior colleagues
Proactivity and accountability in solving problems and inefficiencies when they appear
Work closely with the R&D Director and bench scientists to continuously learn and improve our materials and ways of working
Generate clear technical documentation, experimental reports, and presentations to communicate results internally and to cross-functional partners