Sr. Scientist

We are currently hiring a Sr Scientist - Electrochromic

Location: Hoya Vision, 7000 Sunwood Dr NW, Ramsey, MN 55303

What's in it for you?

• Health/Dental/Vision/Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401K plans
• PTO and Paid Holidays
• And more

• What you'll do:
• As part of a diverse team, lead efforts for the development of new processes and devices with application in ophthalmic and smart eyewear.
• Areas of focus include materials development, new metrology tools/methods, and device characterization with a particular focus on electrochromic/ electronic shading technologies.
• Work in the lab as an individual contributor conducting experiments and/or as a member of a team of scientists, engineers and technicians.
• Supervise and direct technicians and engineers/scientists in the execution of experiments.
• Assemble updates for technical review by peers, management, and partner organizations.
• Contribute to preparation of project level updates to management, in partnership with project management team.
• Review current literature and patents to determine new possible paths of exploration.
• Collaborate with an international team of researchers and project managers across Hoya Divisions.
• Prepare presentations in support of external third-party collaborations with attentiveness to protection of HOYA intellectual property.

Qualifications:

• MS in a scientific or engineering technical field, PhD strongly preferred.
• Preference to Materials Science, Electronics Engineering or Applied Physics background and relevant work experience in areas of electrochromic and electronic testing with a particular emphasis on metrology development in addition to fundamental research.
• Understanding of light management testing, material compositional analysis and compatibility testing, including lifetime/robustness.
• 5+ years of work experience.
• Demonstrated experience in management of development projects/programs.
• Experience in new product development within a stage gate process preferred.
• Experience in transitioning products from development into production and ongoing support.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).
• Excellent communication and reporting skills are critical for this position.
• Must be able to communicate appropriately with all levels of personnel within the organization.
• Experience in DOE methodology for process optimization.
• Experience in analytical modeling, for example mechanical and/or thermal properties.
• Experience in MATLAB or Python Preferred (for Data Analytics and modeling).
• Preparation of presentations on technical topics.
• Ability to travel up to 20% (national and international). Trips to Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Europe.

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