- BS, or MS in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials, polymer, pharmaceutical, food, or cosmetic science, or related field or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Broad laboratory experience in one of the above fields.
- Broad understanding of basic materials characterization and synthesis.
- Experience performing and/or designing experiments and documenting results.
- Ability to work independently on defined research projects, as well as a member of a team.
- Proficient verbal and written communication skills necessary to interact with a diverse set of scientists, engineers, and other technical and administrative staff within a collaborative research and development environment at LLNL.
- Willingness to train and become qualified to handle high explosives.
Additional qualifications at the SES.3 level - PhD in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials, polymer, pharmaceutical, food, or cosmetic science, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Advanced knowledge and significant experience in formulation development.
- Significant experience conducting research with limited direction.
Qualifications We Desire - Experience with a variety of laboratory scale mixing and formulation methods, e.g. blade high-shear, LabRAM, speed-mixer, slurry coating, extrusion and injection loading and experience characterizing material properties such as viscosity, molecular weight, and glass transition temperature.
- Experience with chemical and physical analytical techniques (i.e., Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Fourier Transform-Infrared, particle size analysis, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area, rheology, mechanical properties testing, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy), and in formulations based research.
- Experience working with hazardous materials and/or energetic compounds, including pyrotechnics, explosives or propellants, and in processing various polymers from monomer and oligomers.
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