Summary: Provides technical support and service in the Discovery R&D group under the supervision of chemists and engineers.

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Advanced Materials is a global supplier of fluorine products, fine chemicals, additives, metals, films and fibers for products including pharmaceuticals, refrigeration, semiconductors and military protection. Advanced Materials is making the world safer, cleaner and enabling the modernization of a growing middle class by enhancing our customer offerings through a differentiated portfolio of chemistries, materials, value-added solutions and superior customer service. Our mission is to attract, retain and develop diverse and highly motivated, entrepreneurial employees striving to flawlessly deliver superior value to our customers every day.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support new molecule discovery and research by performing experimental work.
• Work includes setting-up and maintaining chemical synthesis equipment and a variety of instrumental analysis equipment, as well as operating currently validated experiments and support of lab experiments by making scientific observations, maintaining experimental records, performing calculations, data analysis, and accurately reporting data.
• The successful applicant will be expected to demonstrate an established track record of safely conducting a variety of chemical reactions up to kilo-scale under the direction of chemists.
• The applicant must be able to perform troubleshooting on various lab equipment and instrumentation.

Technical skills and Qualifications:

• Requires formal education and relevant experience in chemical R&D laboratory setting such as:
• R&D Laboratory Scientific Observations and Record-Keeping
• Keen eye for making and recoding critical experimental observations in a chemical R&D laboratory environment
• Established track record of maintaining laboratory notebook with thorough reporting of experimental data and observations
• Ability to understand and identify of chemical and physical changes throughout the course of experiments
• Ability to constructively contribute to experimental DOE plans based on previous experiments

R&D Laboratory Equipment:

• Design and assemble custom lab apparatus
• Strong mechanical aptitude to understand and troubleshoot the various equipment utilized in various process, purification, and testing equipment and experiments.
• Autoclave reactions under following conditions: elevated pressure, elevated temperature
• Semi-continuous and batch reactions in glass or heated-tube reaction schemes
• Pressure/vacuum distillations in glass or metal columns
• Sample preparation and manipulation in vacuum rack/manifold apparatus (Schlenk-line techniques)
• Properly and safely operating laboratory instrumentationsafely handling highly hazardous materials including liquefied gases and cryogenic materials

R&D Laboratory Support and Safety:

• Ability to measure and calculate physical properties of pure materials and mixtures such as: concentration, density, molecular weight, vapor pressure, solubility, pH, etc.
• Understand and work with chemical notation such as: balanced chemical reaction, work in SI and IP units, convert between wt% and mol%, etc.
• The applicant will be expected to work independently and be able to understand abstract concepts.
• Strong communication skills in a team environment where hard project deadlines are often encounteredAbility to work safely with minimum supervision and understand SDS terminology

U.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.