VIE FILMS AND COATINGS ENGINEER (M/W)

Job description

Entreprise:
Saint-Gobain is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of building materials, and a leader in the production of high-performance materials and glass containers with more than 1,000 subsidiaries in 64 countries. Saint-Gobain was founded in 1665 and is headquartered in Paris, France. Saint-Gobain had sales of $55.5 billion in 2012 and employs nearly 193,000 people worldwide.
In the United States and Canada, Saint-Gobain had sales of approximately $7.9 billion and employed approximately 19,000 people in 2012. The company has approximately 150 manufacturing plants and more than 140 distribution outlets throughout the United States and Canada. Saint-Gobain North American businesses include: Abrasives, Ceramics, Certain Teed (Insulation, Gypsum, Roofing and Siding), Crystals, Flat Glass, Myers Decorative Surfaces, Norandex, Performance Plastics, and Adfors.
Saint-Gobain North America is a dynamic, global business with research and development activities centered in Northboro, Massachusetts (NRDC). The Northboro operation has been a major center for materials research since 1985. We have an outstanding record of achievement, and are committed to growth through the development of proprietary products based on novel materials and process technologies. The 186,000-square-foot R&D Center is based in three buildings on a 26-acre site near I-290 in Northboro and has approximately 330 employees from 27 different countries.
Poste et missions:
Background: The Films and Coatings group of AFF develops innovative protective and optical grade substrates used in electronics, aerospace, pharma and automotive industries. The successful candidate will utilize his/her technical background in material science to help the team create new solutions with breakthrough performance.
Responsibilities include:
Understand and communicate key findings from published literature relating to novel films and film processing techniques with class leading mechanical or barrier performance
Carry out trials to develop proof of concept samples that demonstrate unique properties. Conceptualize, develop, and refine novel trials to produce proof of concept samples for evaluation.
Support project goals and objectives. Propose new objectives and gather agreement on new ideas from team members and stakeholders.
Clearly communicate technical issues, approaches, and results in technical reports and presentations
Major tasks of the VIE:
Design and make prototypes of new thin film or coating structures.
Characterize mechanical and permeation performance with laboratory instruments
Profil:
COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
Background: Polymer chemistry preferred, materials or mechanical engineering background helpful
Fluent in English
Open-minded, shows initiative
Good mechanical skills and working in a hands-on environment with attention to detail
Comfortable working in both a lab and production setting
Equally comfortable learning and teaching.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION:
MS Polymer Science or in Materials/Mechanical Engineering
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