Scientist - General Metal Finishing

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

As a Scientist at MKS MSD you will partner with GMF R&D to support in product development and associated activities. In this role, you will report to the functional team manager in GMF R&D. You will carry out different approaches and methodologies to conduct different R&D activities related to product development, testing, qualification, troubleshooting, and process optimization under the technical guidance. You will be working closely with colleagues from your own team, team manager, R&D manager, and other cross-functional departments local and global. An open and clear communication with the team members and R&D manager is expected. You are expected to come up with your own ideas and approaches to execute the tasks and duties successfully. When required, you will also act as a support to customer through consultation, trouble shooting, process optimization, site visits and on-site troubleshooting, maintaining the confidentiality and compliance of the department and the company.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Candidate is expected to work in the laboratory to carry out “on the bench” experiments and in pilot line to demonstrate feasibility and new products development.
• Creation Design of experiments (DOE) and independent planning of Project assigned with project management frameworks.
• Perform and execute assigned tasks in a timely and qualitative manner.
• Develop and modify product formulations as per the business requirement while reading, using appropriate literature / patent / competition / supplier searches/ market research related to the projects
• Working and collaborating with other team members in laboratory environment.
• Bringing innovation mindset and own ideas and creative strategies to make product and processes efficient.
• Shall interact with cross functional team members local and global.
• Open to new ideas, innovation and creativity would be demanded for effective and reliable processes development - Encourage self & team to promote R&D developments, research orientation, paper & literature study and writing.
• Support to project and teams with acceptable technical inputs in their projects & Literature search for new R&D projects. May write technical papers and patents.
• Exploring & Identification of disruptive technologies, new opportunities, read and up to date with market and embrace research perspective
• Transparent and regular effective communication of task completion progress to stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and self-initiated actions to maintain the work culture and task completion.
• Maintenance of 5S and safety as per the MKS MSD and departmental guidelines.
• Active participation in team building.
• Maintaining the confidentiality of the projects and other Departmental information.
• Interaction with the customer to troubleshoot, process optimization, and site visit/conducting trials at the customer site (if required)

Skills You Bring:

Technical Skills -

• 1-3 yrs. corporate experience in industries like chemical/ electrochemical/ polymer/ physical/ organic/ inorganic & Surface treatment.
• Education background of PhD in Chemistry/ Electrochemistry / Polymer Chemistry / Physical Chemistry / Organic Chemistry
• Six sigma (Green belt onwards) / Project management certifications would be an added advantage
• Strong proficiency in software and statistical applications like Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint/JMP/Minitab etc.
• Experience in e-notebooks/ELN would be an added advantage
• Data driven mindset & Experience in statistics and data interpretation & representation – Gather, Visualize, Interpret, Conclude
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and within team with a strong focus on delivering results and identifying alternative solutions when challenges arise

Mandatory Skills:

• Experience in working in chemical laboratories, developing formulations & products, and qualifications.
• Basic understanding on solvents, surfactants, additives, reaction mechanisms, stoichiometry, electrochemistry – key components, their reaction mechanism, molecular interactions.
• In depth knowledge of surfactants, polymers, organic and inorganic molecules
• Tuning structure property relationships of organic and inorganic molecules
• Synthetic knowledge of organic and inorganic molecules
• Experience on detergency, colloidal chemistry is a plus.

Soft skills:

• Ability to analyze data and provide logical conclusions, document in the form of research report, present work in the relevant forums to team members/scientific audience.
• Strong oral and written communication, collaboration and team player skills
• Quick learner, Agile, proactive; would have passion for innovation to create new products and add value in R&D
• Strong critical and analytical skills to ensure all aspects of projects are clearly understood, well documented and conclusive for the exit gate reporting.
• Creative, structured, methodical, and time bound workstyle.
• Self-motivated, out of the box thinking, self-accountability, and strong sense of ownership

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants for these positions may need to be “U.S. persons.” “U.S. persons” are generally defined as U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (or, green card holders), individuals granted asylum, and individuals admitted as refugees.

MKS Instruments, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

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