Material Developer (m/f/diverse) - Rubber for Barrier and Adhesion

• Develop and optimize rubber compounds with the focus on industrial hoses and expansion joints
• Lead compound development projects and participate in other R&D projects
• Drive activities to reduce our compound and raw material cost as well as complexity
• Drive the ideation and development of new innovative material technologies, with focus on performance, processability, cost efficiency and sustainability
• Support the industrialization of new compounds in close collaboration with other departments
• Support troubleshootings related to material topics in close collaboration with plants, quality and business functions
• Support the creation and implementation of new processes and software applications incl. AI-based tools
• Maintain the interfaces with internal customers, labs, product development, plants and business functions

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (PhD preferred) in Chemistry / Chemical Engineering / Material Science or similar fields of study, preferentially with focus on polymer or rubber chemistry
• Several years of work experience in the rubber and plastics industry desirable
• Outstanding chemical understanding, such as structure–property relationships, designing test plans etc.
• Basic knowledge of rubber materials, compounding and related processing
• Analytical and scientific workstyle
• Self-driven team player with a high degree of ownership and capability to work independently
• Pro-active and structured problem-solving mindset
• Project management experience
• Good international and intercultural communication skills incl. capability to work in a global environment
• Fluent English language skills (oral and written)
• Willingness to travel (up to 10% of your time)