Duraco Specialty Tapes & Liners business needs to oversee and execute product development activities and provide technical support to internal and external stakeholders, including recommending, planning, prioritizing, and conducting experimental lab work, product prototyping and optimization, product testing, literature research, and data gathering, processing, and reporting. The role also involves maintaining relationships with key suppliers, qualifying new raw materials, supporting secondary raw material qualifications, cost savings efforts, and working closely with other functional teams on NPD trial, scale-up, and new product commercialization activities.
Requirements
- Excellent laboratory and analytical skills including FTIR, XRF, and basic Release Liner testing
- Understanding and experience with PSAs and PSTC testing methods is desired to help complement release liner and Silicone coating formulation development
- Experience with development methodologies including project management, stage-gate, ideation, Design of Experiments (DOE), IP management, and literature and patent research
- Good knowledge of additives, formulation processing, applications, and analytical test methods as they relate to the development of Si release coating formulations
- Experience in Silicone release coating and web handling processes is highly desirable
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products with advanced experience in Excel and analytics programs (e.g., Minitab, JMP, etc.)
- 3-5 Years of proven track record of developing new Silicone release coating formulations and paper and film release liner products
Responsibilities
- Oversee and execute development and technical support for Duraco Specialty Tapes & Liners New Product Development (NPD) pipeline, with ability to deliver minimum 5 product launches per year
- Conduct required laboratory experimentation and testing, provide leadership in Silicone release coating formulation development, new release liner prototyping, materials design, process optimization, and product testing that aligns with Duraco Specialty Tapes & Liners site capabilities and strategic initiatives
- Provide technical assistance in related regulatory compliance matters related to Silicone release coatings and liner products
- Strong collaboration with Production, Quality, and other functional teams to ensure efficient product development, scale-up, performance optimization, consistent quality, and successful commercialization
- Provide technical leadership in support of cost-savings initiatives including, but not limited to, alternate raw material identification, insource/outsource decisions, and Silicone release coating formulation enhancements for increased throughput and efficiencies
- Provide timely data processing, organizing, and reporting to superiors and functional teams, including generating and sharing ideas for NPD projects and opportunities
- Enhance NPD and Project Management processes and establishing improved IP protection practices
Other
- Engage and collaborate with customers as well as Marketing and Sales Teams to identify key development opportunities and appropriately prioritize projects and initiatives
- Results driven and able to focus on, prioritize, and execute individual activities
- Curious and eager to learn – enjoys leveraging new knowledge to enhance current Silicone release coating chemistries, release liner constructions, and products
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working in a high-pace manufacturing and laboratory environments, and navigating changing priorities
