Senior Materials Scientist
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Senior Materials ScientistJob Description
The Senior Materials Scientist will utilize materials and compliance expertise in working with Research & Development (R&D) teams to help ensure product safety and design the best Sleep & Respiratory Care (S&RC) products for our customers.
Your role:
Lead efforts in assessing biocompatibility for product development and design changes ensuring alignment with compliance and standards. Collaborate with development teams to develop and review complete and testable biocompatibility and materials-based product requirements.
Oversee materials testing and provide expertise in data analysis drawing conclusions and enhancing testing methods. Plan and execute long-term accelerated aging studies to assess material stability.
Guide the selection of new materials manufacturing techniques finishing technologies and reprocessing methods to enable safe and innovative product designs. Develop strategies to investigate material failures and implement corrective actions with project teams.
Mentor junior team members on technical aspects including testing safety assessments and materials science theory. Drive long-term competence development in materials science at S&RC.
Coordinate formal technical reviews and collaborate cross-functionally with Core R&D/Advanced Development (AD) and broader S&RC teams. Communicate effectively with internal and external test labs and provide weekly project status reports.
Youre the right fit if:
Youve acquired 5 years of hands-on experience with laboratory and materials testing techniques product or process development materials characterization and system integration of materials with a Bachelors or 3 years of experience with a Masters degree or 0 years of experience with a Ph.D.
You have strong root cause analysis experience and the ability to perform failure mode investigations to drive the CAPA process. You can apply ISO 10993 ISO 18562 and other standards for materials analysis and risk assessments with knowledge of FDA EU MDR and global medical device regulations requirements and standards (preferred).
You have detailed experience analyzing chemical and physical properties of materials for regulatory submissions and drawing scientific conclusions (preferred).
You have a Bachelors / Masters Degree in Chemistry Materials Science Materials Engineering Chemical Engineering or equivalent. A Ph.D. is preferred.
You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the companys facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the companys main facilities generally at the customers or suppliers locations.
This is an office role.
About Philips
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Philips Transparency Details
The pay range for this position in New Kensington PA is $99000 to $158400.
The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills experience business needs geographical location and internal equity.
In addition other compensation such as an annual incentive bonus sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program which includes a generous PTO 401k (up to 7% match) HSA (with company contribution) stock purchase plan education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.
At Philips it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.
Additional Information
US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa now or in the future.
Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position you must reside in or within commuting distance to Murrysville PA.
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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.
Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
