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DuPont Adhesives and Sealants R&D Lab Technician in Auburn Hills, Michigan
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Have the Opportunity to chart your own course, challenge yourself, and acquire new capabilities to build a rewarding and fulfilling career. We reward employees with competitive pay and incentives to recognize skills, competencies, and contributions to business results.
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DuPont’s Auburn Hills site has an exciting opportunity for an Adhesives and Sealants R&D Lab Technician. This role supports new product development, existing product maintenance and requires working in close cooperation with chemists, technicians, customers and suppliers. The incumbent will actively participate in the development, testing, qualification and scale-up of adhesive formulations.
About DuPont Mobility & Materials: We transform industries and improve lives through material science, delivering cutting-edge solutions and future technologies. Our high-performance engineering polymers, resins, adhesives, specialty pastes & films enable material systems solutions for the most demanding applications and environments in automotive, electronics, industrial, consumer, medical, photovoltaic, and telecom industries.
Key role and responsibilities
Co-develop new products according to customer needs, specifications and business strategy
Responsible for making adhesives batches, conducting lab tests on paste and cured elastomers or structural adhesives, organizing and preparing substrates, data collection and documentation
Work in teams for successful scale-up of products, according to existing procedure and process capabilities
Collaborate with others to learn best lab practices, become competent to complete lab responsibilities and work independently, safely and efficiently
Ensures product quality and performance standards meet customer needs by staying abreast of customer test methods and specifications
Understands environmental, health and safety practices and work proactively to improve the level of safety in R&D, must be a positive example for others
Evaluate new materials or components
Maintain lab equipment as ERP (equipment responsible person)
Conduct experiments with high quality, analyze data and understand results
Capable to learn and operate some analytical instruments
Essential Functions
- Preparing prepolymer and adhesives batches
Daily lifting and moving of pails up to 40 pounds
Weighing raw materials and charging them into mixers
Scraping mixer bowls, removing adhesives and cleaning mixers
Transfer and package samples into containers, condition environments
- Characterizing / testing adhesives
Completing liquid property testing (viscosity, rheology, sag panels)
Applying adhesives to substrates using manual or auto caulking guns
Test lap shear, quick knife, dispense force and other mechanical properties
- Lab preparation
Inventory, order, organize and distribute materials regularly
Keep lab benches clean, dispose materials and replenish supplies from storage area
Equipment responsibility: daily calibration or verification and recording
- Project preparation and documentation
Use Electronic Lab Notebook to document plans, work and data daily
Conduct and document health and safety audits
Qualifications:
Associates degree in STEM-related field required, Bachelor of Science is preferred.
Previous working laboratory experience in an industrial or R&D environment is required
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and passion for working safely and efficiently
Self-motivated, able to work in a fast-paced environment, eager to learn new skills, and has practiced ability to effectively prioritize, organize, and plan responsibilities
Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, enjoys working with a diverse team of people
Proficient computer skills with Microsoft Products - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Microsoft Teams Meetings
Comfortable entering data and doing basic analysis in Excel (Sum, Average, Standard Deviation) with ability to identify when data is abnormal
Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written
Able to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
Knowledge or working experience with polymers is preferred, but not required
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