Scientist - Physical Testing

Scientist - Physical Testing

Job Description

You were made to do this work: exploring uncharted questions, engineering innovative solutions, advancing scientific understanding, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

• Engage with product development project teams and specifically the product developer requester to understand learning gaps and design standard or customized studies to inform critical product development decisions. 
• Build understanding of absorbent test methods. Support test method development and validation work to develop new and improve existing methods 
• Support approaches and coordinate testing to build new tools (e.g. predictive models) to enable more efficient decisions 
• Partner with the Lead and Senior Scientist for the mannequin/absorbent area. Escalate needs. 
• Partner with Consumer Testing team to ensure absorbent testing is consumer relevant. 
• Lead lab technicians to execute studies in a safe and effective manner.  Partner with lab technical coordinators to effectively manage lab operations. 
• Work within a broader team to develop methods to answer business unit absorbency needs  

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our R&D roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science or Engineering Field. 

• 1+ years of experience in product development, physical testing or consumer use testing role.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, simultaneous projects in a team environment, delivering results in line with business expectations. 

• Knowledge of statistical design of experiments and statistical analysis. Uses tools such as JMP, preferred.

• Experience designing and implementing testing protocols in a related CPG category, preferred.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
 

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.