Sr Scientific Associate

Henkel group • Tustin, CA

1d • $105,000 - $125,000

About The Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

Requirements

• PhD degree in Chemistry, Polymer Sciences, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, or in any other related scientific areas
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in the areas of polymer based composite or adhesive product development is required. Prior experience of adhesive product development; metallurgy, such as metal bonding, sintering for electronic applications and knowledge
• Strong oral and written communication skills, and excellent interpersonal are essential
• Strong ability to design and implement experiments required
• Professional laboratory skills are essential.
• The ability to work autonomously on multiple projects is needed.
• Must sit and stand alternately up to as much as 10 hours per day.
• Ability to occasionally / regularly lift 10 to 25 pounds.
• May require passing additional security screening based.

Nice To Haves

• Focus in the areas of thermoset materials, adhesive formulations, semiconductor packaging preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop new technologies and products in support of electronic adhesives business. Identify opportunities for new technologies, products, or performance improvements
• Leads one or multiple R&D projects critical to business and ensures timely project milestone advancement. Actively makes specialized knowledge available to the organization
• Stays current with technology and market megatrends. Acts as responsible for new research, IP, publications, technology roadmap. Secures IP position in own area of development
• Design, develop, execute and support on-time commercialization of new film adhesive formulations and products.
• Prepare and deliver presentations on research projects for internal teams, management, customers and technical conferences.
• Directly interact and communicate with external customers and respond to customer requests in timely fashion.
• Effectively work in cross functional teams across different time zones with members from product development, project management, application engineering, process engineering, marketing and sales.
• Understand state-of-art technology advancement and apply it to product development. Generate new intellectual properties. Actively search for new ideas and technology from within or outside.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills. Recognize sources of problems; absorb new information easily; expose gaps in logic and contradictions; develop effective solutions to technical roadblocks.
• Perform all laboratory work in a safe manner and comply with all regulations, safety precautions, PPE requirements, and 5S processes.
• Guide and mentor junior chemists as needed.
• Conceive innovative routes in new product development. Employ sound experimental designs to effectively develop new materials for electronic applications.
• Design, develop, execute and support on-time commercialization of new adhesive formulations and products.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree