R&D Scientist
Millipore Corporation

Job Info

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A career with EMD Electronics is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 58,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics. For more than 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others. EMD Electronics is a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.

Your Role:

This position will lead to the discovery and development of new synthesis and purification processes for the semiconductor materials industry, with a particular focus on new gas-phase materials with unique and challenging chemistry. The selected candidate will be responsible for the design, evaluation, and laboratory-scale demonstration of new processes and methods suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The role will encompass various chemistries related to semiconductor manufacturing, such as hydrides, dopants, fluorine, and its derivatives, and dry etch gases.

• Hands-on, laboratory evaluation of new chemical synthesis routes (synthetic chemistry)
• Experimental design
• Collection and analysis of data necessary to enable the safe scale-up of new reactions
• Development of purification techniques such as distillation and adsorption
• Application of various chemical analysis techniques
• Providing technical support to scale-up engineering teams

Physical Attributes:

• Perform moderate physical activity.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work near moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or hazardous chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The employee may frequently sit, stand; walk; use hands, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
• The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision requirements of this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may be required to wear an air helmet, mask, safety shoes, apron rubber and Tyvek suits, protective gloves, safety glasses and/or goggles while performing in this position.

Who You Are:

Basic Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Chemistry OR Master's degree in Chemistry AND 3+years' experience as an R&D Chemist

• 3+ years of experience in synthetic chemistry, chemical process development, or the synthesis of materials for semiconductor fabrication in an academic, industrial, or government-sponsored laboratory.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with gas-phase chemistry and the synthesis of gas-phase products
• Experience with handling and synthesizing air-sensitive or highly toxic compounds
• Experience with fluorine chemistry
• Experience with conducting chemical reactions at elevated pressure
• Solid fundamental laboratory skills
• Attention to detail, particularly around safety and safe work practices
• Strong project management, record-keeping, and technical communications skills
• Experience in designing, constructing, and operating novel chemical processes at the laboratory scale
• Proficient understanding of adsorption-based purification processes
• Experience with analytical techniques including GC or GC/MS, FTIR, UV-Vis, NMR

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What we offer: With us, there are always opportunities to break new ground. We empower you to fulfil your ambitions, and our diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons. We trust you with responsibility early on and support you to draw your own career map that is responsive to your aspirations and priorities in life. Join us and bring your curiosity to life!

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The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.

Job Requisition ID: 221835

Location: Tamaqua

Career Level: B - Recent University Graduate(< 1 year of experien

Working time model: full-time

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