Research Scientist I - Sharonville, OH

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe work culture that includes leading by example, ensuring compliance with lab and workplace safety requirements, supporting risk assessments, and continuous improvement.
• Formulate new solutions according to a developed project schedule across metal-working fluids, lubricants, and other related chemistries.
• Utilize experimental design during feasibility studies to quickly drive the development path to a decision point.
• Actively participate in commercialization activities, including bill-of-materials (BOM) and safety-data sheet (SDS) reviews, and other ISO-driven processes.
• Develop new, when required, and ensure that appropriate test procedures exist and are maintained to support accurate product monitoring and field performance verification.
• Conduct evaluations of existing DuBois products and competitive technologies to drive continuous improvement.
• Assess raw materials for alternative sourcing, profit maintenance, or performance enhancement to strengthen DuBois' competitive position.
• Support production activities and the quality assurance team, including observing and training production/quality assurance personnel, assisting scale-up of new formulas, and investigating off-spec batches.
• Leverage problem-solving techniques participating and/or leading to understand root cause.
• Contribute and develop content for technical bulletins, technical data sheets, and training materials.
• Engage with customers to observe products in operation, gather application insights, and identify opportunities for new innovations.
• Provide mentoring and training to team members on formulation principles, testing methods, and R&D best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry
• Experience using technical instrumentation, Microsoft Office tools, and database management systems
• Excellent communication skills
• 1+ years of experience formulating chemistries/chemical blends to develop new products
• Ability to travel domestically and/or internationally up to 10%

Additional Information

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