PhD Computational Polymer Scientist

About this role

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry, Macromolecular Science, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field
• Track record of safely collaborating with laboratory-based scientists and demonstrated ability to effectively identify hazards and take appropriate actions
• Demonstrated practical knowledge of synthetic polymer simulation using a variety of classical, quantum, or data-based techniques
• Effective working knowledge of structure-property relationships and polymer characterization techniques
• General working knowledge of applications, processing methods, formulations and additives

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with partner functions such as applications R&D, manufacturing, marketing and business partners to understand customer needs and provide commercially viable technical solutions
• Work in a fast-paced, results-oriented team environment to reduce application fitness-for-use criteria to fundamental polymer characteristics leading to design, preparation, and assessment of novel polymer compositions and architectures
• Apply data and physics-based simulation methods for polymer structure-property-function relationship development to enable high throughput screening of polymer materials
• Develop research plans and design computational protocols to guide and support experimental scientists in new product, application, or process development
• Communicate computational results to technical and non-technical audiences in a way that supports effective decision-making
• Anticipate technical difficulties and develop creative solutions
• Write patents, technical presentations, and publications, including internal research for publication
• Prepare and present written and oral reports to communicate with production, marketing, sales, and related functions