A Day in Your Life at MKS:
As an R&D Chemist at MSD (Atotech), MKS you will partner with Selective finishing (Printed circuit boards - Electronics) to support in formulation, product development and associated activities in Specialty chemicals. In this role, you will report to the Team Manager Selective finishing. You will carry out different approaches and methodologies to conduct different R&D activities related to electroplating product development, testing, qualification, troubleshooting, and process optimization under the technical guidance. You will be working closely with colleagues from your own team, and other cross-functional departments local and global. An Open and clear communication is expected. You are expected to come up with your own ideas and approaches to execute the tasks and duties successfully. When required, you will also act as a support to customer through consultation, trouble shooting, process optimization, site visits and on-site troubleshooting, maintaining the confidentiality and compliance of the department and the company.
You Will Make an Impact By:
- You are expected to work in the laboratory to carry out on the bench experiments and in plating lines to demonstrate feasibility and new products development.
- Creation Design of experiments (DOE) and independent planning of Project assigned with project management frameworks.
- Perform and execute assigned tasks in a timely and qualitative manner.
- Develop and modify product formulations as per the business requirement while reading, using appropriate literature / patent / competition / supplier searches/ market research related to the projects
- Working and collaborating with other team members in laboratory environment.
- Bringing innovation mindset and own ideas and creative strategies to make product and processes efficient.
- Open to new ideas, innovation and creativity would be demanded for effective and reliable processes development - Encourage self & team to promote R&D developments, research orientation, paper & literature study and writing.
- Support projects and teams with acceptable technical input in their projects & Literature search for new R&D projects. May write technical papers and patents.
- Exploring & Identification of disruptive technologies, new opportunities, read and up to date with market and embrace research perspective
- Transparent and regular effective communication of task completion progress to stakeholders.
- Self-motivated and self-initiated actions to maintain the work culture and task completion.
- Maintenance of 5S and safety as per the MKS MSD and departmental guidelines.
- Active participation in team building.
- Maintaining the confidentiality of the projects and other Departmental information.
- Interaction with the customer to troubleshoot, process optimization, and site visit/conducting trials at the customer site (if required).
Skills You Bring:
Technical Skills -
- 3- 6 yrs. experience in industries like chemical/ electrochemical/ polymer/ physical/ organic/ inorganic & Surface chemistry.
- Education background of M.Sc. in chemistry/ electrochemistry / Polymer Chemistry / Physical Chemistry / Organic Chemistry / Inorganic Chemistry
- Project management certifications would be an added advantage
- Strong proficiency in software and statistical applications like Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint/JMP/Minitab etc.
- Experience in e-notebooks/ELN would be an added advantage
- Data driven mindset & Experience in statistics and data interpretation & representation Gather, Visualize, Interpret, Conclude
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and within team with a strong focus on delivering results and identifying alternative solutions when challenges arise
Soft skills:
Ability to analyze data and provide logical conclusions, document in the form of research report, present work in the relevant forums to team members/scientific audience. Strong oral and written communication, collaboration and team player skills Quick learner, Agile, proactive; would have passion for innovation to create new products and add value in R&D Strong critical and analytical skills to ensure all aspects of projects are clearly understood, well documented and conclusive for the exit gate reporting. Creative, structured, methodical, and time bound workstyle. Self-motivated, out of the box thinking, self-accountability, and strong sense of ownership
Preferred Skills:
- Proven hands-on experience in laboratory environments, including formulation development, product innovation, and operations on pilot lines and manufacturing plants.
- Basic understanding of electroplating and electroless plating processes, including key components, reaction mechanisms, and material interactions.
- Strong knowledge of surface chemistry principles, with expertise in both organic and inorganic surface treatments and finishing techniques.
- In depth knowledge of surfactants, organic and inorganic molecules
- Tuning structure property relationships of organic and inorganic molecules.
