Senior Advanced Materials Data Scientist & R&D Innovator

Solstice Advanced Materials; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) match

Educational Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Solstice Advanced Materials is seeking a Sr Advanced R&D Engineer/Scientist to drive innovation in materials discovery, product development, and manufacturing optimization. You will transform experimental data into validated models and actionable insights, collaborating with scientists and engineers across multiple disciplines.

The role offers hybrid work from Morris Plains, NJ or Buffalo, NY, with a strong emphasis on data-driven decision making and scalable R&D capabilities.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Data Science, Materials Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of data analysis or data science experience in materials science or engineering.
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with data manipulation libraries (e.g., RDKit).
• Experience developing physics-informed neural networks, surrogate models, cheminformatics models, or QSAR models.
• Strong understanding of statistical modeling, ML algorithms, and data visualization techniques.
• Experience with data visualization tools and databases (SQL/NoSQL).

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex experimental, analytical, and manufacturing data using statistical and ML methods.
• Develop and validate predictive models to improve material performance and product/process development.
• Collaborate with chemists, materials scientists, engineers, and stakeholders to define data needs and analytical solutions.
• Evaluate and implement state-of-the-art data science methods for advanced materials applications.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and databases for experimental data.
• Establish data quality practices ensuring reliable, traceable datasets and analyses.
• Communicate findings through clear visualizations, reports, and presentations.

Skills

Python

RDKit

Physics-informed neural nets

Cheminformatics models

QSAR models

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Data visualization

SQL/NoSQL

Education

Master’s/PhD in data science or related field

Tools

Tableau/Power BI/Origin/matplotlib/seaborn

Job description

Solstice Advanced Materials is seeking a Sr Advanced R&D Engineer/Scientist to drive innovation in materials discovery, product development, and manufacturing optimization. You will transform experimental data into validated models and actionable insights, collaborating with scientists and engineers across multiple disciplines.

The role offers hybrid work from Morris Plains, NJ or Buffalo, NY, with a strong emphasis on data-driven decision making and scalable R&D capabilities.