About this opportunity
Henkel lists this Sr Scientific Associate opportunity in irvine, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
About this Position
AtHenkel, you’ll part of an organization that’s shaping the future throughinnovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands likePersil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edgetechnologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths andgrow.
Thisposition is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower ourpeople to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitiveadvantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career andmake an impact at Henkel.
What you´ll do
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
What makes you a good fit
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 for electronic applications, metallurgical experience or knowledge of semiconductor packaging is highly desired
Strong leadership, communication skills, and excellent interpersonal skills are essential
Proven ability to invent and innovate, and strong ability to design and implement experiments are needed
Motivated self-starter with strong initiative and with the ability to work independently and to participate creatively in team collaboration
Individual with proven track record of success in new technologies and products developed, invention disclosures and patents, and published scientific papers publication in peer reviewed journals
The ability to work autonomously on multiple projects is needed
Ability to work onsite, 5 days a week, in Irvine, CA.
Some benefits of joining Henkel
Health Insurance: affordableplans 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 / sellprogram
Financial: 401kmatching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matchingshares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loanreimbursement
Family Support:12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents givingbirth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discountedchild and elderly care, and scholarships
Career Growth: diversenational and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skillsdevelopment courses, and tuition reimbursement
Thesalary range for this role is $90,000.00 and $130,000.00. This range represents thegood‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offerfor this role at the time of posting.In addition to base salary, thisposition may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, asapplicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package asdescribed above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as thecandidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. Thisposting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local paytransparency laws.
AtHenkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and lifeexperiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us.Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicantswithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability,veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
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Worksite address
irvine, CA, 92713, US
Who can apply
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