Lead UV Coatings Scientist & Innovation Leader

CPS Inc.; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

PTO

401k

Job summary

CPS Inc. in Greensboro, NC seeks an experienced UV Coatings Chemist to lead technology development at a state‑of‑the‑art R&D facility. You will drive formulations, oversee scale‑up, and mentor a junior chemist with cross‑functional teams.

Requirements: 5+ years in industrial UV coatings; BS in Chemistry or related field; MS/PhD preferred. Experience with waterborne UV, solvent‑reduced UV, or 100% solids UV formulations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial formulation experience in UV-curable coatings.
• Experience with waterborne UV, solvent-reduced UV, and/or 100% solids UV formulations.
• Proven ability to develop new formulations and modify existing products.
• Experience leading technical projects through product development and commercialization.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and optimization of UV-curable coating formulations.
• Serve as the technical expert for UV coatings technologies.
• Develop new formulations and improve existing products.
• Lead multiple R&D projects from concept through scale-up and commercialization.
• Establish technical direction and identify new materials and technologies.
• Manage and mentor one junior Chemist.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Manufacturing, Quality, and R&D teams.
• Support customer technical needs, troubleshooting, and manufacturing scale-up.
• Lead product development activities using Stage Gate processes.

Skills

UV coatings

Formulation development

Project leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Scale-up

Education

BS in Chemistry or related field

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

Stage Gate development

Job description

CPS Inc. in Greensboro, NC seeks an experienced UV Coatings Chemist to lead technology development at a state‑of‑the‑art R&D facility. You will drive formulations, oversee scale‑up, and mentor a junior chemist with cross‑functional teams.

Requirements: 5+ years in industrial UV coatings; BS in Chemistry or related field; MS/PhD preferred. Experience with waterborne UV, solvent‑reduced UV, or 100% solids UV formulations.