This position will support Hard Coat and Anti Fog Product Development projects to build a commercially viable functional coating product pipeline in alignment with SDC business goals.
Responsibilities:
- Lead or assist projects in product development milestone attainment including competitive benchmarking, product formulation and optimization, establishment of manufacturing control plan for scale-up and production
- Screen and qualify alternative key raw materials to facilitate sustained supply of functional coating and film products
- Generate ideas and proofs-of-concept for new technologies for proprietary product and intellectual property development
- Leverage new and innovative building blocks to accelerate development of proprietary value-added functional coatings
- Provide support for development of new equipment, formulas, processes, and methods for solution of technical problems.
- Provide investigation support on newly developed and scale-up manufactured products to improve quality by research into composition, structure, properties, relationships, and reactions of matter
- Confer with Vendors, Scientists and Engineers regarding product development
- Prepare standards and specifications for processes, instruments, products and tests
- Document and communicate effectively internally with cross-functional teams
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in chemistry or related field and minimum two years Coatings and Specialty Chemicals industry experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Familiarity with a variety of Chemical Coatings Industry's concepts, practices, and procedures
- Stay current with outside growth of technology, including new coating building blocks and processes
- Highly self-motivated with good presentation skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel
- Willing to work at Tuas South
