What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Development Scientist position at PFNonwovens, LLC?
Purpose and role of job:
- Developing, scaling and commercializing innovative new products) and improving performance of existing products to meet/exceed customer needs.
- Perform fundamental research in the field of non-wovens and evaluate new technology developments.
- Contribute to strengthen Intellectual property including reviewing and drafting patents.
- Collaborate with Business Development (BD) to identify product needs for assigned customers and/or use market trends to help guide product development.
- Cooperate with Operations and Quality to implement new and modified products in a safe, high quality and timely manner.
Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:
- Develop innovative nonwoven materials for hygiene, medical and other industrial markets.
- Work closely with Business Development to:
- Identify customer opportunities for new and/or improved products.
- Develop an innovation pipeline of new materials/products with a competitive advantage.
- Establish and continuously grow technical capability for the assigned technical area of responsibility through the following activities:
- Build relationships with raw material and equipment suppliers to identify and implement new technical approaches that have a high potential to deliver new proprietary products.
- Evaluate relevant IP to identify competitive activities and recommend responses.
- Evaluate consumer hygiene products and consumer trends to identify new material and product directions.
- Build strong working relationships with the Global Innovation team to be able to identify opportunities for new technologies to meet customer and consumer needs.
- Work closely with customers’ and suppliers’ technical staff to establish common test procedures and ensure that our products meet requirements.
- Work with Operations and Quality Teams to optimize the technical and economic performance of existing products.
- Maintain thorough documentation of relevant technical activities.
- Product testing, lab work as necessary.
- Position is based at our plant in Hazleton, PA.
- Travel to internal production sites, customer and Supplier as necessary. Some International travel may be required.
Education and experience requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Physics or a related Engineering field; Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) is preferred.
- 2-5 years in product/material development. Experience in polymer science and/or nonwovens is preferred.
- Good written and spoken communication; fluency in English required
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to walk the facility for the duration of the shift
- May need to grasp, hold, carry, lift, crawl, kneel, squat occasionally during shift
- Must be able to climb without issue with heights up to three (3) levels
- Withstand temperature changes between high temperatures and moderate to low temperatures
- Hearing protection, safety glasses, safety shoes and hard hat required in designated areas
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