Scientist Principal Sr, Membrane Technology

Donaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities. ​

Our Corporate Technology business unit is seeking a Sr Principal Scientist - Membrane Technology to expand the use of existing membranes across our portfolio of filtration products for our innovation-driven global organization. As a contributing leader of our collaborative teams, you have the opportunity to take our membrane development to the next level. The position is located in our Bloomington, MN world headquarters and will interact with teams in Bloomington, in our U.S. manufacturing plant locations, as well as teams in Europe and Asia.

Role Responsibilities:

Development/Innovation

• Lead programs to assess and develop technical capability for membrane-based filtration solutions, processes and methods

• Explore, investigate, assess new areas of membrane advances that may allow new technology or applications in differentiated areas and understand market opportunities

• Research potential benefit of emerging technologies, keep informed of new methods, techniques, materials and other technical advances

• Research regulatory requirements and inform team of changes impacting development of membrane advances

• Provides direction on critical problem areas, alternative solutions and potential consequences in the research and development process

• Design experiments, analyze test results and write technical project reports

• Design, cost, schedule, run prototype and pre-production trials using internal & external resources

Collaboration

• Lead frequent and effective collaboration with other development groups to share knowledge and accelerate technology development

• Collaborate with both business units and academic circles to gather customer input, assess opportunities, and align program roadmaps with technological needs

• Collaborate with Legal and scientific community on Intellectual Property analysis, writing, and filing

• Mentor the scientists and engineers in the field of membrane

Communication/Presentations

• Give technical reports and/or presentations to senior management and technical collaboration groups to provide project updates to gain enthusiasm and buy-in for advanced opportunities

• Share understanding of fundamental physics principles, state of the art technologies and manufacturing techniques with program teams.

Travel: Up to 10% domestic and international travel

Minimum Requirements:

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Material Science

• 10 years of relevant post degree experience in membrane technology

• Experience in various membrane development setting, including bench research, pilot line, and scale up including characterization and test methods

• Expertise in polymer dope formulation and phase inverse process.

• Experience evaluating new technologies and assigning value or priority to technical innovations

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting technical content to different levels of the organization

• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work toward the execution of results

• Knowledge and practice in patents, patent writing and other IP related processes

​Preferred Experience:

• Filtration or water purification experience

• Experience with DOE principles and using statistics to analyze and present data

• Experience leading discussions and projects with outside development partners

• Hollow fiber development experience

Annual Salary Range: $134,800 - $178,700.  Actual salaries will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to applicable work experience, training, education, performance.

This position is eligible for annual incentive plan based on performance and company growth.

Employee benefits are part of the competitive total rewards package that Donaldson Company, Inc. provides to you. Our comprehensive benefits program includes health benefits, retirement plan (401k), paid time away, paid leaves (including paid parental leav