Polymer Chemist – R&D for Coatings & UV-Curable Materials

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions; Ashby-de-la-Zouch; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions in Ashby-de-la-Zouch seeks aSynthetic Polymer Chemist to design, synthesize and develop innovative polymer materials for the Electrolube brand including coatings, potting compounds and thermal interface materials.

Working within a multidisciplinary R&D team, you will advance polyurethane and UV-curable technologies from concept to commercialisation, drive scale-up, and ensure performance and regulatory compliance across manufacturing workflows.

Qualifications

• Advanced polymer chemistry understanding including polyurethane and UV-curable systems.
• Experience taking products from lab development through scale-up to manufacturing.
• Familiarity with analytical techniques and materials characterization.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements relating to chemical products and raw materials is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design, synthesize, and develop novel polymer systems for coatings, potting compounds, encapsulants, and TIMs.
• Formulate and optimise polyurethane and UV-curable technologies for customer needs.
• Lead lab-scale development projects from concept to scale-up and commercialisation.
• Develop new resin chemistries and formulations to achieve target adhesion, flexibility and chemical resistance.
• Conduct formulation studies and performance testing to understand structure-property relationships.
• Collaborate with application engineers, manufacturing teams and suppliers to meet market requirements.
• Support product scale-up activities including pilot trials and process validation.
• Generate technical reports and development summaries to communicate progress.

Skills

Polymer chemistry

Polyurethane formulation

UV-curable materials

Lab-scale development

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

PhD in Polymer Chemistry

MSc in Materials Science

BSc in Organic Chemistry

Job description

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions in Ashby-de-la-Zouch seeks aSynthetic Polymer Chemist to design, synthesize and develop innovative polymer materials for the Electrolube brand including coatings, potting compounds and thermal interface materials.

Working within a multidisciplinary R&D team, you will advance polyurethane and UV-curable technologies from concept to commercialisation, drive scale-up, and ensure performance and regulatory compliance across manufacturing workflows.