Material Scientist

Crane Composites; Bolingbrook (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in plastics manufacturing is seeking a Material Scientist to support the development of composite materials. The role requires extensive experience in materials development, project leadership, and cross-functional collaboration. Candidates should hold a BS in a relevant field, with an advanced degree preferred. The position offers a competitive salary, potential for professional growth, and the chance to work with innovative materials and processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years in materials development with composites.
• Experience in project leadership and cross-functional communication.
• Extensive hands-on material testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects on thermoset composites and product development.
• Analyze experimental data and report findings.
• Establish customer relationships and gather product insights.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Material Science Knowledge

Project Leadership

Technical Reporting

Education

BS in Materials Science, Chemistry, or Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Matlab

Minitab

Python

R

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Base pay range

$80,000.00/yr - $120,000.00/yr

Job Title: Materials Scientist

Reports To: Research & Development Manager

Position Summary

The Materials Scientist supports the development and commercialization of a wide variety of composite materials and processes to drive profitable business growth working closely with others in the Research and Development Center and Business Segment as well as externally with suppliers and customers. The candidate should have a deep understanding of the chemical and physical properties of materials and how they behave and interact.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Drive and independently lead projects associated with thermoset composites, including new product development, study of material interactions, and fundamental resin chemistry.
• Work closely with each market segment to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Lead and support process changes, raw material changes, and quality issues related to existing and new products across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Complete technical reports with analysis and findings.
• Analyze experimental data, summarize key findings, and report out in team settings.
• Work with the sales team to leverage technical findings and product properties for share gains.
• Establish relationships with customers to capture VOC and product application insight
• Stay current in latest technology in the composites industry and seek out new materials, ideas, and concepts to develop differentiated, innovative prototypes with potential for scale-up.
• Work on advanced, complex technical projects or business issues requiring state-of-the-art technical or industry knowledge.
  
  

Qualifications And Competencies

• Minimum of 8 years of experience with materials development specifically in composites, resin formulation, or other polymer applications. Significant experience in project leadership.
• BS in Materials Science, Chemistry, Engineering or other suitable technical field required, advanced degree preferred.
• Communicate and work cross-functionally to understand materials requirements and provide feedback based on materials expertise.
• Entrepreneurial in nature.
• Extensive hands-on experience with mechanical testing and physical and chemical properties of materials
• Experience with composites manufacturing preferred, including but not limited to: open molding and close molding, pultrusion, extrusion, injection molding, compression molding
• Formulation and compounding with a wide variety of materials, including but not limited to: thermoset resins, thermoplastics, fibers, films and coatings, nanocomposites, composites additives, “Green” materials and processes including recycling
• Experience with commercial continuous manufacturing processes.
• Process development experience, including small scale to large commercial scale.
• Experience with Matlab, Minitab, Python, R, or other programming tools
• Development of intellectual property
• Desirable technical skills other than strong polymer chemistry skills include: analytical instrumentation, statistics, design of experiment, mathematical modeling methods, finite element analysis

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Plastics Manufacturing

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