Scientist

The Refinish Scientist provides direct support to the Refinish Team in the development of Refinish coating products.

JOB RESPONSIBILITES:

• Development and optimization of coating formulations in the Refinish Portfolio, spanning Undercoat, Topcoat, & Clearcoat chemistries.
• Work as part of a global team to support global/regional product launches and product optimizations.
• Understanding of customer specifications and ability to perform all testing needed to gain customer approvals using appropriate design of experiments and statistical tools.
• Interpret testing data to generate lab reports that will be presented both internally and externally to customers.
• Provide technical support to manufacturing for defect batches, improvement of right first-time initiatives, assist in manufacturing scale ups and alignments, and localize formulas to new manufacturing sites.
• Support lab work requests from the Product Group including root cause analysis of defects using experimental designs and analytical testing.
• Ability to lead and/or be a significant contributor in cross-functional global teams to support product development, product approval testing, scale-up and manufacturing and customer technical service.
• Understanding of accelerated and long-term weathering exposure testing, including effects of Xenon and Florida Exposure.
• General understanding of analytical testing capabilities and ability to use data provided from analytical evaluations to support conclusions.
• Organized documentation of experimental test results using Microsoft Office Products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Ability to lead meetings and effectively communicate concise project updates to a cross-functional teams with audiences varying from Technical Colleagues to Product Managers to Customers.
• Actively participate in 5S initiatives to help improve the lab productivity and overall safety of the laboratory.
• Ability to work well with supervisor and a variety of R&D, manufacturing, and marketing people in a team environment.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• B.S./M.S. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or closely related discipline is required.
• The ideal candidate will have practical experience in the chemical industry, preferably with a strong working knowledge of the Refinish industry and hand spray application techniques.
• Preferred candidate will have a good understanding of color theory, along with a working knowledge of Analytical testing and Accelerated Weathering Testing capabilities.
• Candidate must have outstanding interpersonal, oral communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Candidate must be able to work well in both self-managed and team environment.
• Excellent organizational skills and documentation of experimental testing is a requirement to effectively manage multiple projects with varying deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Our Company:

Axalta has remained at the forefront of the coatings industry by continually investing in innovative solutions. We engineer technologies that protect customers’ products – whether they are battling heat, light, corrosion, abrasion, moisture, or chemicals – and add dimension and beauty with colorful finishes. We have a vast and ever-evolving portfolio of brands primed to play an important part in everything from modernizing infrastructure around the world to enabling the next generation of electric and autonomous vehicles.

Axalta operates its business in two segments: Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings, which serve four end markets, including Refinish, Industrial, Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle, across North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Our diverse global footprint allows us to deliver solutions in over 140 countries and coat 30 million vehicles per year. We’ve recently set an exciting 2040 carbon neutrality goal, in addition to 10 other sustainability initiatives, and we take pride in working with our customers to optimize their businesses and achieve their goals.