Senior Scientist (m/f/d)

A Day in Your Life at Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
As Senior Scientist (m/f/d) you will lead complex, customer-focused application projects that require advanced scientific and technical problem-solving, as well as significant product, process, and method development for chemical products, formulations, and coating systems. Leveraging specialized expertise in defined technical disciplines, as Senior Scientist you will be responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of innovative technical solutions at customer sites. The objective of this role is to independently manage demanding application-related tasks in the context of customer support, prepare and make sound technical decisions, and continuously improve the performance, robustness, quality, and cost efficiency of both new and existing products.

You Will Make an Impact B y

- Leading and providing technical expertise in complex customer application projects and root cause analyses, collaborating closely with various internal and external stakeholders
- Identifying opportunities for optimization in existing products and processes and drives the implementation and follow-up of improvements and new developments
- Making or preparing critical technical decisions and assess impacts on quality, performance, cost, safety, and feasibility.
- Coordinating cross-functional collaboration with project management, R&D management, application engineering, production, quality, product management, and internal and external partners
- Mentoring and training new employees, students, or less experienced colleagues, review technical work results, and support knowledge building in the field of expertise.
- Acting as technical point of contact for specific technical questions, troubleshooting of existing products, and demanding customer or application topics, and present results at technical conferences and trade fairs as required
- Evaluating, qualifying, and testing new products and processes, supporting their process implementation in customer field trials.
- Evaluating and interpreting experimental, process, product, and customer data using statistical design of experiments and data analysis and derive robust recommendations.
- Ensuring that all work is conducted safely and in compliance with legal requirements, internal MSD standards, and compliance rules.

Skills You Bring

- PhD from a university of applied sciences, e.g., chemistry, chemical engineering, surface technology, electrochemistry, materials science, or several years’ professional experience in industry
- Extensive professional experience in development, laboratory, pilot plant, electroplating technology, wet chemical metal deposition, corrosion protection, or a comparable chemical-technical environment.
- Proven experience in complex research, development, validation, troubleshooting, improvement, or customer field projects.
- Experience in project leadership or coordination with multiple stakeholders and in preparing technical decisions.
- Willingness to perform laboratory work to a relevant extent and to travel internationally up to approx. 50%, depending on project needs

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