Senior Research Engineer - Personal Care & Beauty

Dyson Institute; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson Institute in Singapore is seeking a Research Engineer with experience in biological probes, biosensing and materials characterisation to join Dyson's Personal Care and Beauty Research Team. You will collaborate across disciplines to build new capabilities and translate research into downstream development partners.

The role requires hands-on experimental skills, familiarity with biological assays, electrochemistry and data analysis, and 1–3 years in complex R&D environments.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Materials Science, Bioengineering or related discipline with strong experimental focus.
• Experience developing technology in a industry or commercial context is desired.
• Familiarity with materials characterisation techniques: elemental/chemical analysis, structural/microstructure analysis, electrical/optical properties, mechanical/thermal properties.
• Knowledge of electrochemistry and biosensing; experience in a biological wet lab and designing/ executing biological assays is advantageous.
• Proficient with experimental instrumentation, self-built setups, calibration, validation and benchmarking.
• Strong quantitative/analytical thinking and ability to translate biology into engineering constraints.
• Experience with experimental design, troubleshooting noisy data, and data analysis.
• Proficient in computational data analysis, image analysis, and basic programming.
• Strong communication skills for presenting complex ideas and data.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to define requirements for new or existing research projects.
• Provide technical perspective as SME to cross-functional teams for biosensing and materials characterisation technologies.
• Review literature and patents for advances, new materials, and calibration methodologies.
• Develop and validate advanced analytical/testing protocols.
• Integrate knowledge of material properties with biological findings.
• Interpret results, identify issues, and iteratively improve experimental methods.
• Coordinate small projects or workstreams and own deliverables.
• Present research plans and outcomes to leadership.
• Pursue translational research to support product concepts.

Skills

Materials analysis

Biosensing

Electrochemistry

Experimental design

Data analysis

Programming

Scientific communication

Education

Advanced degree in Materials Science or Bioengineering

Tools

Spectroscopy

Microscopy

Analytical instrumentation

Job description

Overview:

Dyson's Personal Care and Beauty Research Team in Singapore works on projects that bring together expertise from a range of disciplines. Members of the team have backgrounds in biology, electronics, optics, and material science. We look to understand biological systems and manipulate them through chemical, electrical, and mechanical intervention to develop technologies that can ultimately improve a person’s well-being. The team is looking to add a Research Engineer with experience in biological probes, biosensing and materials characterisation. In this role you will be expected to work across teams to help build new, multi-disciplinary technical capabilities, as well as develop technologies that can be translated to downstream development partners within the organisation.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other scientists and engineers to define the requirements of new or existing research projects
• Provide technical perspective as a subject matter expert, giving inputs to cross-functional teams to deliver novel biosensing and materials characterisation technologies
• Critically review literature and patents for recent advances, new materials, calibration methodologies, and application domain standards
• Develop and validate advanced analytical/testing protocols
• Integrate knowledge of material properties and chemical interactions with biological findings when characterising surfaces, fluids, or environments
• Interpret results, identify issues, and iteratively improve experimental methods
• Coordinate small projects or workstreams, promoting clarity and team cohesion while owning project deliverables for your projects
• Present research plans and outcomes to the leadership team
• Bring a translational view of research that supports development of product concepts

Skills and Experience:

• Advanced degree or equivalent industry experience in Materials Science, Bioengineering, or a closely related discipline with a strong experimental focus
• Experience developing technology in an industry or commercial context
• Familiarity with general materials characterisation techniques: elemental and chemical analysis, structural/microstructure analysis, analysis of electrical and optical properties, analysis of mechanical and thermal properties
• Knowledge of electrochemistry and biosensing; experience working in a biological wet lab (familiarity with designing and executing biological assays) would be an advantage
• Experience with experimental instrumentation and comfortable with custom (often partially self-built) experimental setups and performing calibration, validation, and performance benchmarking
• Quantitative & Analytical Thinking: Translate biological phenomena into engineering constraints and design parameters
• Experimental Design: Hypothesis-driven experimental planning, and skills in troubleshooting noisy, variable biological data
• Computational data analysis, image analysis, and basic programming skills
• Good communication skills: experience in presenting complex ideas clearly through figure design, data storytelling, scientific writing, and oral presentations
• An understanding of technology readiness levels (TRLs) and translation pathways
• Comfortable operating at the interface of biology and engineering, with 1-3 years of working experience in complex R&D organisations

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don't think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds.

Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners.

At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter.

We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.