Senior Polymer Scientist for Advanced Display Materials

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Billerica (MA)

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USD 115,000 - 145,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

E Ink Corporation in Billerica, MA is seeking a highly motivated Senior Polymer/Materials Scientist to lead next-generation materials research for electrophoretic display technologies. You will design polymer films, adhesives, and coatings for FPL platforms and work across R&D, product, and manufacturing teams to transition concepts to prototypes.

The role requires deep expertise in polymer formulation chemistry, coating science, and structure–property–performance relationships, with impact on

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related discipline with 5+ years of industrial experience; or MS with significant relevant industrial experience.
Strong background in polymer formulation chemistry, functional coatings, adhesives, interfacial science, thin films, or multilayer material systems.
Experience with pressure-sensitive, structural, laminating, optical, or functional adhesives.
Knowledge of acrylic, polyurethane, epoxy, silicone, polyester, polyolefin, rubber, or hybrid polymer systems.
Understanding of curing mechanisms: UV/radiation, thermal, moisture, chemical curing.
Experience with analytical techniques such as rheometry, DSC, TGA, DMA, FTIR, GPC/SEC, microscopy, surface-energy measurement, tensile, peel, shear testing, environmental aging.
Self-directed, hands-on, in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary R&D environment.

Responsibilities

Lead design, formulation, and optimization of polymer-based adhesives, binders, functional coatings, and external phase materials for E Ink’s FPL platforms.
Select and evaluate polymers, resins, crosslinkers, tackifiers, solvents, reactive diluents, surfactants, dispersants, rheology modifiers, adhesion promoters, and other additives.
Develop formulations with controlled electrical, mechanical, optical, adhesion, cohesion, barrier, rheological, coating, and environmental aging properties.
Design and execute DOE-based experiments and data-driven studies to improve formulation efficiency, robustness, and reliability.
Characterize formulations and coated materials focusing on adhesion, cohesion, tack, peel and shear strength, cure behavior, viscosity, surface energy, and optical/mechanical properties.
Develop polymer formulations meeting performance, cost, manufacturability, safety, regulatory, and sustainability requirements.
Monitor emerging technologies, competitive products, and industry trends in polymer formulations and coatings.
Document results in technical reports and contribute to IP via invention disclosures and patents.