Scientist

L&L Products; Romeo (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid medical insurance

Onsite medical clinic

401K contributions

Wellness program

Job summary

L&L Products is seeking a Scientist to drive the creation of new technologies in structural and environmental sealing materials. You will approach problems with a technically fundamental mindset and lead development and testing protocols to explore new products and processes.

Expect to maintain expertise in physical, chemical, analytical, and formulation principles while advancing mechanistic understanding and collaborating globally.

Qualifications

• BS with 6+ years of product development experience, MS with 3+ years, or PhD in the sciences (chemistry or materials).
• Safety requirements in the laboratory and workspace must be maintained and improved.
• Versed in scientific methods, laboratory apparatus, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create new technologies and solve problems in adhesive materials and processes.
• Plan and lead development and testing protocols for new products or tech creation.
• Develop mechanistic understanding of current products and processes through experiments.
• Support patent activities through filing, surveillance, and IP defense.
• Lead or mentor technicians and maintain laboratory safety practices.
• Maintain and upgrade laboratory workspace and equipment safety.

Skills

Scientific methods

Lab safety

Analytical thinking

Technical communication

Education

PhD in chemistry/material science

MS in chemistry/material science

BS in chemistry/material science

Job description

Reports to: Sr. Scientist or Research Manager

Would you like to work for a company where ambitious spirits and creativity thrive? L&L Products offers a culture that grows talent and flourishes with innovation. It is a place where you are encouraged to take control of your own professional development by using L&L’s extensive training opportunities to craft solutions to the industry’s hottest problems. Here is where quality of work, product and relationships are a priority.

L&L Products is built on the basic philosophy that good people working together, listening to each other’s ideas with an open mind and everyone wanting to do a little better each day will ensure our success. Our existence is full of wise principles, sacrifices, and victories, laughs, and lasting memories that tell exactly who we are. How we came to be the great company, the caring family that we are today.

What you will do:

As a Scientist, you will create new technologies and problem solve in structural and environmental sealing materials and processes through a technically fundamental approach.

Duties / Responsibilities of this position:

• Create new technologies and problem solve in adhesive materials and processes through a technically fundamental approach.


• Independently plan and lead execution of development and testing protocols to explore modes of problem solution or routes of new product or technology creation.


• Maintain and expand expertise in a set of scientific areas, including physical, chemical, analytical, or formulation principles and methods.


• Help develop mechanistic understanding of current products and process by determining appropriate experimental and research plans.


• Cultivate global collaboration in the internal and external scientific community.


• Develop and protect intellectual property.


• Support patent activities through filing activities, patent surveillance, and defense of our intellectual property.


• Serve as a champion of safety practices in the laboratory and office environments.


• May provide leadership to technicians and specialists. Very competent with self-directed work.


• Construction, maintenance, and safety responsibilities for laboratory workspace and equipment.

Job Requirements:

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• BS with 6+ years of product development experience, MS with 3+ years of product development experience, or PhD in the sciences, typically in chemistry or material science.


• Select skills in technical/scientific disciplines, as required.


• Very adept at maintaining and improving safety requirements in the laboratory and work space.


• Versed in scientific methods and laboratory apparatus.


• Select skills in technical/scientific disciplines, as required.


• Versed in scientific methods, laboratory apparatus, and communication skills.

Core Competencies:

• Performance Driven


• Communication


• Customer Centric


• Passion/Values


• Safety/Sustainability


• Expertise

Physical Demands Analysis:

• Occasional lifting up to 30 lbs.


• Occasionally carrying up to 30 lbs.


• Occasional pushing/pulling up to 30 lbs.


• Frequent gripping and reaching


• Continuous use of computer monitor, keyboard, and computer mouse


• Frequent standing and walking


• Occasional bending, stooping, twisting, or balancing.


• Rare crawling, kneeling, and crouching

Environmental Conditions:

• Hot/Cold – occasional


• Humid/Dry – occasional


• Moving Objects – occasional


• Sharp hand tools – occasional


• Working alone – frequent


• May be required to wear the following Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Safety Glasses, Gloves, Sleeves, and Respirator (Dust Mask).

Never = Not Required/Never (0%)

Rare = Seldom/Rare (Not daily – 1-10%)

Occasional = Minor/Occasional (Less than 3 hours – 11-33%)

Frequent = Required/Frequent (For 3-5 hours – 34-64%)

Continuous = Major/Continuous (More than 5 hours – 64-100%)

• 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision.


• Onsite medical clinic


• Generous 401K contributions


• Top-notch wellness program with a focus on your total well-being

Equal Opportunity Employer

L&L Products does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, weight, height, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. L&L Products will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in undue hardship.