Materials Scientist (Polymer electrospinning)
Location: Hertfordshire
Contract: Full-time and permanent
Sector: Materials / electrospinning / polymer chemistry
Salary: £35,000 - £43,000 depending on experience and interview performance
Out client are a multi-national life-science organisation who develop and produce a range of bioprocessing solution products. This includes cell culture products, protein purification products and analytical equipment.
In a key phase of growth, our client are seeking an experienced Materials Chemist with polymer membrane experience to join their materials development teams. If you are an experienced materials chemist who has previously development new thin films or porous membranes then this could be the role for you.
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity for experienced Materials Chemist who have recent experience in developing new materials within the 1 of more of the following sectors (polymer membranes, porous membranes, thin films, Biomaterials i.e. wound healing / tissue regeneration / implants). As a Materials Scientist, your responsibilities will include:
- Support and potentially lead R&D projects for the development of new porous polymer membrane materials.
- Fabricating new membranes using electrospinning / electrospun nanofibers.
- Characterising your materials through used of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), rheology, porosity, viscosity, DSC, TGA, raman spectroscopy, GC.
- Liaising and managing relationships with external project partners.
- Working in a wider team and also being in regular communication with various other teams across the business, including biology, engineering and quality.
- Other laboratory and documentation based duties as required.
Skills and Experience Needed
The candidate will have the following:
- BSc, MSc, PhD (or equivalent experience) in a Material Science related discipline i.e. bioengineering / chemistry / biology (essential).
- Extensive skills within synthesising polymer materials, ideally through electrospinning (desired), or other relevant fabrication techniques (essential).
- Extensive skills within materials characterisation using at least 2 of the following techniques: SEM, Raman, porosity, rheology, DSC, TGA, GCFID (essential).
- Fresh PhD candidates will be considered, but industry experience in electrospinning membrane materials will be preferred.
- The ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously (essential).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (essential).
The Package
As a multi-national chemical company, our client is able to offer a competitive salary, progression options and benefits package including private pension.