Polymer Chemist
Cambium
El Segundo, CA, USA · United States
Posted on Apr 17, 2025
- Design and synthesize compounds that open new opportunities in the high-temperature materials and composites space, particularly for Department of Defense applications.
- Work with colleagues to design monomers and formulations to meet specific property requirements. Understand feedback provided by chemical and thermal characterization (NMR, FTIR, rheometry, DSC, TGA, DMA), composite fabrication, and mechanical testing.
- Work closely with computational scientist(s) to discover and synthesize new materials for various aerospace and defense applications.
- Provide guidance based on your chemistry expertise to support the operation of larger chemical reactors.
- Support the manufacturing of high-temperature composite articles. Provide input on chemical processes such as curing, cleaning, and adhesive bonding to help support manufacturing.
- Understand structure/process/property relationships of thermoset polymer resins. Design and execute DOEs to establish key polymer structure-property-performance correlations.
- Communicate clearly and concisely key concepts, development status, performance outcomes, and lessons learned to your coworkers, investors, and collaborators.
- Provide regular progress reports to senior engineers and leadership.
- Prioritize safety and OSHA, EPA, and local health and safety requirements.
- Collaborate across multiple teams including world-class experts in biomaterials, polymer physics, composites, advanced manufacturing methods, aerospace design, and defense products.
- Maintain an awareness of technical literature and contacts to define new technical approaches, projects and areas of interest.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to improve proprietary tools and systems.
- Create and contribute to the product demonstration and engineering teams in a manner consistent with Cambium’s mission and values and the growth of Cambium’s business.