Technical Service & Development Scientist (Formulation) – Healthcare Solutions (m/f/d)

DuPont; Eigenbrakel; Remote; EUR 70.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

DuPont is seeking a Technical Service & Development Scientist (Formulation) within Healthcare Solutions to lead formulation development for liquid and semisolid topical products. The role combines hands-on lab work with customer-facing engagements to translate market needs into high-performance solutions.

You will collaborate with commercial, R&D, and manufacturing teams to drive development from concept through commercialization, while ensuring scalable, robust formulations and strong technical

Qualifikationen

• Degree in chemistry or related field.
• Strong formulation and mixing principles.
• Experience with liquid and semisolid systems.
• Experience in medical device or cosmetic topical applications.

Aufgaben

• Lead technical customer engagements based on DuPont technology and products.
• Develop new applications and customize products through hands-on formulation and testing.
• Prepare technical reports and presentations for customers.
• Monitor market trends to inform product strategy.
• Support technology transfer for scale-up and commercialization.

Kenntnisse

Formulation expertise

DoE experimentation

Customer orientation

English & French communication

Lab techniques

Project management

Ausbildung

Degree in chemistry or related field

Tools

DoE planning tools

Jobbeschreibung

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As a Technical Service & Development Scientist (Formulation) within Healthcare Solutions, you will be part of a dynamic technology organization focused on developing topical solutions for medical device applications within the Liveo™ platform. This role is both customer-facing and laboratory-based, requiring a strong balance of hands‑on formulation expertise and technical engagement with customers. You will lead the development and customization of liquid and semi‑solid formulations, translating customer and market needs into robust, high‑performance solutions. Through close collaboration with commercial, R&D, and manufacturing teams, you will drive application development from concept through commercialization while ensuring solutions are scalable and aligned with business objectives.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead technical customer engagements. Understand customer and market needs, translating them into critical performance requirements to deliver solutions based on DuPont technology, capabilities, and products.

• Develop new applications and customize products to ensure technical solutions meet customer requirements, including hands‑on formulation, application testing, validation, and troubleshooting. Prepare technical reports and presentations.

• Monitor customer & market trends/feedback and competitive intelligence to inform product strategy

• Support technology transfer for scale‑up and commercialization to ensure robust, reproducible products

• Travel: 20%-25% or less

Education & Experience

Required:

• Degree in chemistry or related field with deep understanding of formulation/mixing principles and ability to apply first‑principles to achieve desired properties in liquid and semisolid forms

  • Colloid and interface science (emulsions, suspensions)

  • Polymer science (gels, film‑formers)

  • Rheology and viscosity control

  • Compatibility and stability mechanisms

• 5+ years of experience in medical device class and/or cosmetic topical skin treatment applications

• Expertise in formulating silicone‑based and organic‑based systems, with strong understanding of excipient/ingredient suppliers

• Strong customer orientation, able to translate application & product information at the appropriate level for technical and non‑technical customers / stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to design & execute lab experiments using structured processes (DoE, etc.) and analyze experimental data to refine / troubleshoot formulations to achieve desired properties - translating formulation into application performance

• Innovative thinking, continuous learning, and adoption of emerging formulation technologies to develop new solutions or improved user experience

• Self‑motivated person, with a bias for action, driven to achieve outstanding results and able to lead or manage multiple projects

• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate effectively multiple functions (commercial, R&D, QA, manufacturing, etc.)

• Strong writing and presentation skills in English and French

Desired:

• Analytical expertise in techniques to interpret composition, stability, degradation

• Experience with in‑vitro and in‑vivo sensory evaluations

• Understanding of critical parameters for successful scale‑up and transfer to manufacturing

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