Senior Scientist

Job Title:

Senior Scientist

Job Description:

Position Description:

Senior Scientist for Entegris, Inc., Ambler, PA.

●      Work as a chemist on the Research and Development team;

●      Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary technical team to ensure safe, reliable and cost-effective technology development and transfer;

●      Develop cost-effective, safe, and scalable synthetic routes for new products;

●      Synthesize organic ligands, and organic/organometallic products consisting of phosphorus, silicon, and other main-group/transition metals;

●      Use design of experiment methodologies and tools to effectively and efficiently generate results that lead to valid conclusions;

●      Support non-linear scale-ups, which include addressing reaction kinetics, chemical equilibriums, materials compatibility, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and mixing;

●      Document experiments and results in an electronic laboratory notebook;

●      Prepare summary presentations for internal team meetings, business updates and customers;

●      Collaborate with peers and on cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives;

●      Performs general maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment, according to the department’s established calibration program.

Job Requirements: PhD in Chemistry with 2 years’ experience as a scientist or chemist.

Requires 2 years’ experience with:

•           both classic and modern bench-scale inorganic/organometallic chemistry synthetic techniques;

•           handling air-sensitive materials (i.e. using Schlenk lines and anaerobic glove boxes);

•           interpreting analytical results, such as NMR, GC, GC-MS, HPLC, etc.’

•           MS Office and SciFinder;

•           proper safe handling/disposal of chemicals; and

•           application of H&S principles in a laboratory environment.

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