Senior Scientist, Spectroscopy & Data-Driven R&D

8974 DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DuPont is seeking a Senior Scientist to join the Analytical & Decision Sciences (ADS) organization with a focus on spectroscopy and analytical problem solving. You will partner with multidisciplinary teams to address technical challenges through measurement science and data-driven decision making.

The role offers opportunities to expand into complementary analytical disciplines and contribute to the digital transformation of laboratory workflows, connecting analytical data with modern digital

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Polymer Science, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Apply spectroscopic techniques to characterize materials, investigate structure-property relationships, support product development, and resolve technical challenges.
• Design and execute scientifically rigorous experiments; analyze and interpret complex data; and communicate findings, limitations, and recommendations to technical teams and business partners.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, manufacturing personnel, customer-facing teams, and business stakeholders to support R&D, commercialization, manufacturing, and customer success initiatives.
• Develop a strong understanding of business and customer needs and translate those needs into effective analytical strategies that generate actionable insights.
• Maintain high standards of scientific rigor, data integrity, technical documentation, and laboratory safety.
• Contribute to the development, optimization, and advancement of analytical methods, workflows, and laboratory capabilities.
• Continuously build expertise in spectroscopy while expanding knowledge in complementary analytical techniques, materials science, and emerging technologies.
• Share technical knowledge, mentor colleagues, and contribute to a collaborative and inclusive scientific community.
• Support the integration of laboratory measurements from ADS and business laboratories into connected digital systems that enhance data accessibility, knowledge capture, and scientific productivity.
• Contribute to the development of digital workflows that improve method development, data acquisition, analysis, visualization, interpretation, and reporting.
• Apply chemometrics, machine learning, data science, and emerging digital technologies to extract value from scientific data and enable data-driven decision making.
• Foster a culture of safety, innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Spectroscopy

Data analysis

Chemometrics

Machine learning

Python

Communication

Education

PhD in Analytical Chemistry or related

Tools

MATLAB

R

Job description

DuPont is seeking a Senior Scientist to join the Analytical & Decision Sciences (ADS) organization with a focus on spectroscopy and analytical problem solving. You will partner with multidisciplinary teams to address technical challenges through measurement science and data-driven decision making.

The role offers opportunities to expand into complementary analytical disciplines and contribute to the digital transformation of laboratory workflows, connecting analytical data with modern digital