Senior Scientist - R&D Specialty Lubricants

DuPont•Midland, MI

About The Position

The Aerospace and Industrial business of DuPont provides high-performance engineering resins, adhesives, and lubricants for demanding applications and environments, including aerospace, automotive, mining, and energy production. The MOLYKOTE® Specialty Lubricants team is seeking an innovative Senior Scientist to solve customer challenges and support industries across its lubrication portfolio, including greases and silicone compounds. The Senior Scientist will work closely with Americas and global R&D, TS&D, and manufacturing teams to develop new products and improve existing ones for current and future needs. The role applies scientific methods and critical thinking to customer and business challenges, manages multiple priorities, and supports products from development through commercialization and manufacturing scale-up. The position requires travel of up to 15%.

Requirements

MS or PhD in Chemistry or a related field; a BS will be considered with 7+ years of relevant industrial experience.
Demonstrated integrity, thoroughness, creativity, flexibility, initiative, problem-solving ability, and productive collaborative teamwork.
Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
Willingness to travel up to 15%.
Ability to work independently and in a dynamic, multifunctional team and deliver on time-driven commitments.
Ability to take products from initial concept through commercialization, with competency in scientific methodology and data analysis tools.
Ability to build relationships and influence across functions, network internally and externally, and engage and interact effectively with customers.
Engagement in the external lubricants industry and related organizations or societies.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in the formulation or development of lubricants or silicone products is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead or participate as a core member of a product commercialization team.
Develop new and modified products to meet customer and market needs.
Use scientific methods to validate solutions for applications, quality issues, or new products, including learning and applying relevant industry standards and test methods.
Explore the unique properties of advanced lubricants to create differentiated, value-added customer solutions.
Lead scale-up activities for new products at manufacturing plants.
Develop expertise with specialty lubricant test equipment, collaborating with the global tribologist.
Participate in multifunctional teams, including research and development, business development, marketing, and supply chain, to deliver team and business priorities.
Collaborate with global R&D, application development, sales, marketing, manufacturing, product stewardship, and logistics teams.