R&D Chemist

Job Title

Senior Materials & Formulation Chemist – MicroelectronicsGrade Polymer Systems

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly capable Senior Materials / Formulation Chemist to support the development and optimization of advanced polymer and composite material systems used in high reliability, microelectronics related applications.

This role is suited for a technically strong, hands on scientist who combines chemical formulation expertise with a solid understanding of material reliability, failure mechanisms, and long term performance under stress. The successful candidate will be comfortable working across multiple resin systems, hybrid formulations, and ceramic or inorganic filler technologies, and will bring a practical, exploratory mindset to materials development.

Key Responsibilities

Formulation with Reliability Intent

• Design and explore polymerbased and hybrid material formulations with a focus on:
• Stability under thermal and environmental cycling
• Resistance to degradation mechanisms common in electronic systems
• Balanced performance across multiple stress vectors
• Explore formulation space across different resin families, rather than being confined to a single chemistry platform.

Hybrid & Filled Material Systems

• Develop and optimize formulations incorporating:
• Ceramic or inorganic fillers
• Functional particulates and modifiers
• Understand how filler selection, loading, and dispersion influence:
• Longterm reliability
• Stress distribution
• Failure initiation and propagation

FailureAware Material Development

• Evaluate materials not just for meets spec, but for:
• Early warning signs of degradation
• Sensitivity to process or usecondition variation
• Use formulation levers to mitigate common failure drivers such as:
• Thermal fatigue
• Interfacial delamination
• Longterm chemical or structural instability

Blending, ScaleUp & Process Robustness

• Perform handson blending and formulation work at laboratory and pilot scale.
• Translate formulation concepts into processrobust systems with reproducible behavior.
• Anticipate how formulation decisions impact downstream manufacturing consistency and field reliability.

CrossDisciplinary Interaction

• Work effectively with engineers, reliability teams, and manufacturing stakeholders.
• Support material troubleshooting informed by real application and field behavior, not only laboratory metrics.
• Participate in material benchmarking with an emphasis on durability, margin, and robustness, rather than singlepoint optimization.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Master's degree in:
• Organic Chemistry
• Polymer Chemistry
• Materials Science
• Academic focus must be complemented by strong practical formulation experience.

Experience

• 5–10 years of industrial experience in one or more of the following environments:
• Microelectronics or electronic materials
• Reliabilityfocused materials development
• Advanced polymers, composites, or hybrid material systems
• Experience across multiple formulationcentric organizations is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to failure analysis, reliability testing, or degradation studies is a major advantage.

What Makes This Role Different

• This is not a singlechemistry, recipemaintenance role.
• The position rewards curiosity and controlled experimentation across material systems.
• Success is measured by robustness, reliability margins, and behavior under stress, not only initial property values.
• Ideal for candidates who enjoy working at the intersection of chemistry, microelectronics, and reliability engineering.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Thinks in terms of why materials fail, not just how they pass
• Comfortable navigating ambiguous formulation space
• Values durability and repeatability as much as performance
• Practical, handson, and technically grounded, versed with IPC, ASTM, MIL

What This Role Offers

• Broad exposure to diverse resin and composite systems
• Opportunity to shape material direction without being locked into disclosed chemistries
• A technically rigorous environment that values insight, judgment, and material intuition