Senior Scientist

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SENIOR SCIENTIST – GLOBAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
ROCHESTER HILLS, MICHIGAN

As a member of the Global Product Development team, the Senior Scientist will be responsible for formulating, applying, testing, and managing leather finish formulations in order to obtain customer(s) product approvals.  The senior scientist will work with Product Development Engineers to ensure leather finishes are meeting color, gloss, and lab performance requirements as well as providing production facilities with the tools and information to make the finished product.  This role will interact with raw material suppliers to evaluate and test new raw materials in leather finish formulations. 

The Role:

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Formulate, apply, and test leather finishes on both laboratory and production scale.
• Manage leather finish formulations globally for specific OEMs and ensure they are meeting performance requirements.
• Provide technical support to Product Development Engineers and Production Finishing Managers
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Advantages of working at Lear in the Global Product Development group:

• Engagement with the technical, launch, operations, sales and design teams
• Relationship building with global suppliers of leather finishing raw materials.

Your Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. in Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, or related field.
• Coating formulation experience (3-4 years)
• Laboratory experience (5 or more years)
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Bonus If You Have:

• Leather and/or leather finishing experience
• Project management experience
• Problem solving experience
• DOE – Design of Experiments

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.