Research Engineer

Under minimal supervision, responsible for a range of engineering activities in new product research, including the development of new methods, programs, and procedures in accordance with the overall business direction. Drafts research findings. Learning role with 3 to 5 years of experience.

• Executes Research projects from conceptualizations to commercial production launch
• Designs and develops of new technologies using creative solutions
• Assessing viability and feasibility of new technologies
• Collects, records, reports and present results to peers and supervisor/manager either orally or in writing
• Independently applies engineering principles to achieve project objectives, including the design and execution of complex experiments, and analysis and interpretation of data under limited supervision
• Knowledge of various analytical techniques and interpretation of data from instruments independently including, but not limited to, various chromatographic systems, HPLC, IC, UV/Spec, various wet chemistry analyses, IR, Raman Spectroscopy, ICP, AAS, TGA, DSC, Particle size analysis, SEM, XPS, WAXD, etc.
• Understands chemical structure and their property relationships of materials including processing and rheology of polymers and apply them in various project activities.
• Utilizes a broad range of practical techniques in surface chemistry and material science.
• Closely follow and evaluate scientific literature, publications, and draw conclusions for the company, Gathering business and technical intelligence through patent, technical network, and literature
• Responsible for scientific oversight on novel material synthesis and scale up, manufacturing process qualification and implementation into future.

• MTech in Chemical Engineering / Material Science / Catalysis or Polymer technology with 3-5 years of industrial R&D.
• Ability to lead projects and willingness to learn new domains and work in multi-disciplinary domains
• Skills in rapid solving of polymer processing and surface chemistry-related problems with chemical composition and physical structure characterization using the latest techniques, Able to use advanced analytical techniques for material characterization for structure and property determination.
• Excellent professional communication and technical skills
• Genuine enthusiasm for materials research in an interdisciplinary, application-oriented field.