Senior Materials Scientist

Company Description

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:

• Health & Wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and Paid holidays

Job Description

POSITION OVERVIEW: 

Avery Dennison is looking for a highly creative, passionate and rigorous scientist to augment its Polymer Materials Science and Engineering expertise by harnessing deep scientific understanding and creativity in the area of complex nanostructured materials and laminates to deliver novel functional material solutions and innovations.  The position will be with the highly interdisciplinaryMaterials Science and Characterization (MSC) Group, which primarily supports R&D activities globally at Avery Dennison’s Mentor, OH location, chartered to develop technologies, fundamental understanding of phenomena using experiments and predictive capabilities, support and resolve technical problems ranging from long term projects to urgent manufacturing and quality issues stemming from across Avery Dennison’s global operations. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive fundamental understanding and insights of complex materials and phenomena (silicone and non-silicone release coatings, polymeric adhesives, gels, colloids and multi-layer laminates, conductive composite, graphics films) 
• Conceive and create new material paradigms spanning applications in innovative pressure sensitive laminate materials, silicone and non-silicone based release coatings, conductive composites and laminates, functional films and coatings (including graphics, release etc.) with a highly practical focus.

• Identify and drive appropriate experimentation and/or modeling approaches to construct sound scientific structure-property-process-performance fundamentals; for ex., molecular- polymeric architecture and molecular weight - network level drivers, rheology and viscoelastic responses,  thermodynamic and kinetic control and modulation of properties, surface and interfacial behavior, innovative use of polymer blends and alloys and mixtures and advanced material concepts.
• Work with cross-functional teams in helping translate concepts to reality and in constructing careful experiments to prove/disprove hypotheses blending scientifically driven experimentation, predictive computational and characterization driven insights. 

• Use sound materials science and engineering to guide and solve problems at the core elemental level leading to the development of model-ready databases translating to actionable insights across R&D, product development and process scale-up.
• Interface and collaborate with technical teams to help perform relevant testing and results for further analysis. Conduct appropriate analysis using techniques such as microscopy, spectroscopy, rheology, mechanical and adhesion testing as applicable. Proactively develop and use test methods to answer complex questions where no ready made solution exists. Utilize advanced methodologies such as high throughput testing to accelerate the pace of innovation.
• Work in a highly collaborative manner and strong commitment to excellence, diversity and inclusion principles of the corporation.
• Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory and pilot plant safety audits.
• Interpret data, document findings within LIMS/ELN, and communicate analytical results with MSC and divisional scientists in a high-quality, professional, and timely manner. 

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 

• PhD in Polymer/Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or a related discip