Materials Scientist

MOVING YOUR WORLD by focusing on your success:
FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow.  We stand behind our core values: trust, creating value, respect, reliability, and integrity. Ours is a culture that fosters creativity and empowerment, values work/life balance, and gives you the freedom to excel. At FUCHS we aim to nurture your capabilities, ideas and career.
 

Salary:
FUCHS offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience in a similar position. The salary range for this position is $95,000 - $120,000 per year, but actual salary will vary depending upon a new hire’s experience and qualifications as well as internal equity. 
 

Your areas of responsibility:

• Research, design and develop novel thermal management and/or related materials.
• Characterize and develop new raw material for prototyping next generation product portfolio development.
• Lead and conduct key fundamental research and customer segment specific product development activities.
• Provide product and manufacturing process optimization support, where necessary.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product management, sales, marketing) to monitor product development activities at the customer level and review feedback to accelerate product improvements, where applicable.
• Stay abreast of new research, industry, and intellectual property developments in thermal interface and/or conductive materials and related topics.
• Collaborate/co-innovate with external partners – universities, research institutions and/or consortium working groups
• Travel expectations: 10-15%, as needed.

Qualifications we are looking for:

• Graduate degree in Materials Science or related field with 
• 2+ years of proven experience in thermal materials development, testing and/or materials characterization.
• Strong proficiency and instrumentation experience with material characterization (i.e. thermal analytical techniques such as TGA, DSC,  and other microscopic and/or spectroscopic techniques), synthesis and performance testing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to translate technical requirements and details into enhanced customer value.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and leadership abilities.
• Project management experience considered a plus.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively (regional and global) in a global matrix organization with a dynamic work environment. 

These are your benefits:

FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow as pro-fessionals.  In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on projects that will expand your experience and challenge your abilities in the global marketplace.  The position also offers an excellent compensation package and a comprehensive suite of benefits. Detailed benefit information can be found at this link: https://fuchs.com/us/en/benefits.

FUCHS Lubricants Co. is an equal employment opportunity (EEO)/AA employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace (m/f/d/v).