Advanced R&D Engineer/Scientist - Spectra Fiber

As an Advanced R&D Engineer here at Solstice Advanced Materials, you will work closely with Marketing, Sales, and Technology organizations to drive adoption of Spectra’s fiber materials in industrial and medical device manufacturers. You will have hands on oversight, development, and optimization of customer facing textile/medical solutions and Spectra Fiber customer qualification processes. 

This role will work a hybrid schedule out of our Colonial Heights, VA facility and will requirement about 25% travel.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leverage fiber, textile, and medical device system design subject matter expertise to drive adoption of Spectra fiber materials in industrial and medical device manufacturers solutions
• Optimize fiber material processing guidelines for rope, textile, and medical applications
• Hands-on system design, textile construction, and fiber/textile equipment operation required for part fabrication
• Coordinate prototype development which includes but is not limited to: sample and test matrix definition, work order drafting, laboratory scheduling, prioritization, execution, testing and communication of results
• Define the competitive landscape and identify the technology roadmap for new product offerings and applications capabilities required for sustained differentiation
• Collaborate with industrial and medical device manufacturers, medical device R&D organizations, and regulatory agencies to establish comprehensive understanding of current and future medical devices and industrial textile specifications
• Define the fundamental fiber property linkages to end medical device/textile performance and provide the functional product attribute characterization protocols and targets necessary to achieve customer requirements
• Identify and assess emerging materials, manufacturing processes, and characterization techniques for technology roadmap considerations
• Liaison with Solstice Commercial, Development, Quality, and Manufacturing organizations as the primary Technical Point of Contact for ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber applications
• Represent Solstice Technology organization in customer meetings, global trade shows, and technical conferences
• Provide technical oversight and support for customer quality resolution, manufacturing initiatives, and new product development
• Draft scientific publications, white papers, solicitation responses, invention disclosures, and intellectual property materials as needed

About Solstice Advanced Materials

Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials.