With over 70 years of innovative products and services, Valto is the worlds leading provider of FRP composite panels. Our lightweight composite products deliver unsurpassed strength and durability; and we continue to pioneer next level performance in building materials, recreational vehicles, and transportation. We deliver quality products that perform in demanding environments.

Valto is searching for a R&D Material Scientist to be based out of our Bolingbrook, IL facility. Reporting to the Research and Development Manager, this role focuses on the development and commercialization of innovative composite materials and processes that drive profitable growth across multiple business segments. Youll collaborate closely with internal teams and external partnersincluding suppliers and customersto bring cutting-edge solutions to market.

The ideal candidate will have 8 years of experience with materials development specifically in composites, resin formulation, or other polymer applications. Demonstrated experience in project leadership highly preferred.

How youll make an impact:

Drive and independently lead projects associated with thermoset composites, including new product development, study of material interactions, and fundamental resin chemistry.
Work closely with each market segment to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
Lead and support process changes, raw material changes, and quality issues related to existing and new products across multiple manufacturing locations.
Complete technical reports with analysis and findings.
Analyze experimental data, summarize key findings, and report out in team settings.
Work with the sales team to leverage technical findings and product properties for share gains.
Establish relationships with customers to capture VOC and product application insight
Stay current in latest technology in the composites industry and seek out new materials, ideas, and concepts to develop differentiated, innovative prototypes with potential for scale-up.
Work on advanced, complex technical projects or business issues requiring state-of-the-art technical or industry knowledge.

What you bring to the table:

BS in Materials Science, Chemistry, Engineering or other suitable technical field required, advanced degree preferred.
Extensive hands-on experience with mechanical testing and physical and chemical properties of materials.
Experience with composites manufacturing preferred, including but not limited to: open molding and close molding, pultrusion, extrusion, injection molding, compression molding
Formulation and compounding with a wide variety of materials, including but not limited to: thermoset resins, thermoplastics, fibers, films and coatings, nanocomposites, composites additives, Green materials and processes including recycling
Process development experience, including small scale to large commercial scale.
Experience with Matlab, Minitab, Python, R, or other programming tools
Development of intellectual property
Desirable technical skills other than strong polymer chemistry skills include: analytical instrumentation, statistics, design of experiment, mathematical modeling methods, finite element analysis

Salary Range $80,000 - $120,000

Valto, Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws

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