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Senior R&D Scientists - Project Lead

Merck Group
Branchburg, New Jersey, US, 08876, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Feb 2026
💰 $136,000/yr($115,000/yr$136,000/yr)

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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.

 

Senior R&D Scientists—Project Lead

 

Employer

EMD Performance Materials Corporation                                        

400 Summit Drive

Burlington, MA 01803

 

Job Location:
EMD Performance Materials Corporation    

70 Meister Ave.

Branchburg, NJ 08876

 

Responsibilities:

 

The Senior R&D Scientist—Project Lead will work with a team of scientists providing advanced material solutions to the semiconductor industry. Responsibilities include:

 

  1. Leading the team on design and synthesize new organic and inorganic EUV lithography photoresist platforms.
    1. Search and design novel photoresist platforms with different chemical mechanism.
    2. Synthesis and characterize photoresist materials.
    3. Provide synthesis and purification solutions to help other team members.
  2. Design and prepare formulations to complete the fundamental investigation on synthesized novel photoresist materials.
    1. Collect the physical and chemical data for photoresist materials.
    2. Screening the formulations through coating test on different underlayers.
    3. Screening the chemicals through exposure tool as E-beam and other light sources.
  3. Provide the formulations candidates to the testing team and systematically investigate the performance of photoresist formulations.
  4. Work along with the data analyst to build up the database and extrapolate the guidance for the future development.
  5. Understand the demands from customers to optimize the formulations and synthesis new photoresist materials to meet their requirements.
  6. Present and publish developments on our EUV photoresist platforms at conference as SPIE to explore potential customers.
  7. Work along with legal team to complete literature search and file patents on our developed materials to protect our intellectual properties.
  8. Maintain all lab equipment with the ability to diagnose the issue and perform the simple repair.

 

Requirements & Qualifications:

 

Employer requires a PhD in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related field and at least three (3) years of work experience in EUV photoresist with chemical synthesis and analysis in organometallic chemistry or coordination chemistry.

 

In addition, the employer requires the following:

 

  1. Demonstrated ability with x-ray diffraction and crystallography gained through at least three (3) years of work experience;
  2. Demonstrated ability with Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopes, and Atomic Force Microscope gained through at least three (3) years of work experience;
  3. Demonstrated ability utilizing exposure tools to include E-Beam lithography writer and KrF lithography scanner gained through at least three (3) years of work experience; and
  4. Demonstrated ability with fabrication tools includin

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