Responsibility:

· Serve as the technical lead to develop and optimize the source polymers with desired properties, formulate, and optimize compounding process for FlexTouch’s UV curable basecoat.
· Execute fundamental mechanism studies on structure-property relationships. Correlate polymer and formulation properties to coating qualities and copper mesh performance, identify parameters that are critical to function based on polymer formulation design.
· Collaborate with the coating process and UV exposure engineers to support daily production.
· Perform analytical testing, method optimization, and other specialty technologies studies to designs and executes experiments.
· Launch new products from conceptualization.
· 5~10% domestic and international travel may be required.

Requirement:

· Master or PhD in Material Science, Polymer Science and Engineering, or related field. Industry experience is highly preferred.
· Hands-on experience in polymer formulations in UV curable materials is required.
· Experienced in chemical and morphology characterization of photopolymers with in-depth understanding of structure-property relationships is required.
· Proven track record of the scale-up and commercialization of UV curable formulation is a plus.
· Basic understanding about statistics and experience with data driven decision making are required.
· High energy and self-motivated; the candidate must be goal-oriented, creative, and be able to handle multiple tasks.
· Good communication skills with vendors and other group members.

Responsibility:

· Serve as the technical lead to develop and optimize FlexTouch’s coating materials including basecoat, palladium colloid solution, and topcoat.
· Prepare coating materials for new and existing products, which includes small scale coating and scale up if necessary.
· Transfer the formula from lab to production line as well as working with production personnel in scaling up of a product or troubleshooting a production issue.
· Provide technical training to engineers and operators to increase the level of expertise of the team.
· Perform analytical testing, method optimization, and other specialty technologies studies to designs and executes experiments.
· Launch new products from conceptualization.
· 5~10% domestic and international travel may be required.

Requirement:

· Master or PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, or related field. Industry experience is highly preferred.
· Strong experience in soft matter science (formulation, colloids, polymers, surfactants) and related characterization techniques.
· Knowledge in physics of surfaces, fluids, wetting, and drying phenomena.
· Experience in collaboration with fellow scientists/engineers from production, R&D, and other disciplines to advance newly developed processes into commercially viable processes.
· Basic understanding about statistics and experience with data driven decision making are required.
· Training and certificate in Lean Six Sigma is a plus.
· Good verbal and written communication skills in English are required.

Responsibility:

· Serve as the technical lead for FlexTouch’s wet chemistry process including developing, copper plating, and copper blackening.
· Apply broad knowledge in chemistry, materials, and process to support daily production at the wet chemistry line.
· Collaborate with other teams on continuous improvement projects to improve production yield.
· Participate in root cause analysis and documentation of SOPs.
· Lead R&D project to drive improvement in the wet chemistry process.
· Provide technical training on wet chemistry to engineers and operators to increase the level of expertise of the team.
· 5~10% domestic and international travel may be required.

Requirement:

· Master or PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field. Industry experience is highly preferred.
· In-depth understanding of wet chemistry is required, as demonstrated by course work, research project, or work experience in an industry environment.
· Hands-on experience with roll-to-roll manufacturing process is a plus.
· Hands-on experience with photoresist developing is plus.
· Hands-on experience with electroless copper plating and good understanding of plating mechanism is a plus.
· Knowledge and hands-on experience with surface treatment in solution phase is a plus.
· Basic understanding about statistics and experience with data driven decision making are required.
· Training and certificate in Lean Six Sigma is a plus.
· A growth mindset is essential.
· Good verbal and written communication skills in English are required.