Senior Scientist, Porous Media Platform Discovery

Hollingsworth-&-Vose-Company-; Virginia (MN); Sur place; USD 126 000 - 154 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Hollingsworth & Vose is forging a dedicated scientific role to explore frontier porous media, identifying platform-level opportunities and de-risking them for new product categories. You will report to senior R&D leadership and operate with scientific autonomy, with title based on experience.

You will apply computational and AI-assisted tools, publish externally, and engage in cross-domain collaboration to drive technology scouting and potential commercialization.

Qualifications

• PhD or BS/MS with substantial relevant experience in porous media and related disciplines.
• Track record of originating research and commercialization.
• First-author publications in peer-reviewed journals or named inventorship.
• 10+ years of product development experience.
• Cross-domain literacy across the porous media landscape.
• Computational and AI fluency: DOE and Bayesian optimization; Python scripting.
• Active external scientific network; conference participation and collaborations.
• Ability to propose ideas that challenge current product logic and defend with data.
• Previous technology scouting experience.

Responsabilités

• Scan porous media landscape for convergence zones and opportunities.
• Formulate hypotheses, design experiments, and de-risk them at TRL 1–3 with independence.
• Publish and present findings; collaborate with academia and external partners.
• Apply AI-assisted tools to accelerate discovery cycles.
• Communicate findings to senior leadership, including what was learned and why certain ideas were rejected.
• Identify connections between platform concepts and existing capabilities at H&V.
• Lead or aid in commercialization of platform concepts.

Connaissances

Cross-domain literacy

Computational fluency

Python scripting

Bayesian optimization

Design of experiments

High-throughput experimentation

External scientific network

Innovation & commercialization mindset

Formation

PhD in STEM fields or BS/MS with equivalent experience

10+ years product development experience

Outils

High-throughput platforms

DOE software

Closed-loop optimization systems

Description du poste

Hollingsworth & Vose is forging a dedicated scientific role to explore frontier porous media, identifying platform-level opportunities and de-risking them for new product categories. You will report to senior R&D leadership and operate with scientific autonomy, with title based on experience.

You will apply computational and AI-assisted tools, publish externally, and engage in cross-domain collaboration to drive technology scouting and potential commercialization.