Principal Chemist

Videojet Technologies is the leading provider of industrial marking and coding solutions to a wide range of segments including food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, electronics, chemical, and aerospace. Though Videojet isn’t a common household name, but you’ve probably touched products marked by a Videojet printer during the course of any given day. In fact, production of more than 20 billion individual items per year is dependent on the consistent operation of Videojet’s combined 400,000 global unit installs. Videojet’s printing technology portfolio includes continuous inkjet, laser, thermal inkjet, drop-on-demand, thermal transfer, print-and-apply labelers, and visual inspection systems, along with a comprehensive suite market leading inks that enable our customers applications. Our Uptime Peace of Mind® promise means our employees are empowered to put customers first in everything that we do and to strive to continually improve Videojet’s products through the rigorous use of the Varalto Enterprise system. As a member of the Veralto corporate umbrella, Videojet helps to Safeguard the World’s Most Vital Resources® by preserving the safety, quality and authenticity of daily essentials for billions of consumers !

We are currently seeking a Principal Technology Chemist to join our Ink Development team in Wood Dale IL. The main objective for this associate will be to improve new product revenue growth while reporting to the Lead R&D Chemist for technology.

In this role, the associate’s responsibilities would include:

• The hands-on development of ink jet inks working within a cross functional team.
• Contributing to formulation technology and design by surveying literature and applying state of the art materials and concepts within overall project regulatory and cost constraints.
• Developing project feasibility argument by demonstrating ink performance versus competitors and resolving critical project questions in the lab.
• Continually resolving problems at the point and informing the team of key project risks.
• Following established test methodologies, but also improving methods to yield better results.
• Providing technical leadership to superiors and colleagues alike by open discourse and discussion.
• Travelling to conduct customer field trials up to 10% of time.
• Ensuring independent ownership and completion of goals on-time.

Education requirements:

• Minimum of a M.S. degree in the chemical sciences with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
• An advanced degree in Chemistry or a closely related field is strongly preferred, which may be sufficient to substitute for relevant experience.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. and travel internationally.

Prior experiences needed:

• Industrial experience with direct involvement in new product development with demonstrated success in launching winning products- particularly innovative ones.
• Solvent and/ or water based formulation chemistry including paints, coatings, adhesives, curable systems, binders, pigments, dispersions, dyes, etc..
• Understanding of specifics of inkjet inks and ink jet printing systems is a strong plus.
• A presentation to the hiring team of dissertation or recent industrial work will be requested.

Skills needed:

• – can effectively communicate using MS Office suite, presentations, etc.
• – wholistic understanding of and respect for safe lab practices.
• – by using standard Excel statistical packages, Minitab, or similar.
• – ability to solve complex technical problems at the point.
• – familiarity with risk management tools including FMEA.
• – willingness to track and change direction based on business priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• – capability to organize data clearly with high team visibility to summaries and next steps.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• inkjet ink formulation: 6 years (Preferred)
• Water-based or solvent: 6 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Wood Dale, IL 60191 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person