Senior Formulation Chemist For Potting & Encapsulation Resins

Are you a talented Formulation Chemistfor Potting and encapsulation applications, with a passion for improving products and making a significant impact in the market? We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our international SpeedPox® team to embark on cutting-edge research, analysis, and experimentation.

In this role, you will play a pivotal part in enhancing the marketability and profitability of our current potting products, resolving quality issues, and developing innovative solutions. If you have a strong background in R&D and thrive in a dynamic environment, we want to hear from you!

We are SpeedPox®, a technology start-up of the Vienna University of Technology. Our goal is to revolutionize the production and use of epoxy potting and encapsulation resin. We offer an innovative, extremely fast-curing epoxy potting resin for the high-tech electronics industry. Our product allows our customers to save up to 99% in time and energy, thus drastically reducing CO2 emissions. This contributes to helping our climate and our future!

Your Key Responsibility

• Develop innovative formulations for new products and modify existing products to meet evolving market demands.

More About Your Role

• Self-starter with strong initiative.
• Create a strong network of material suppliers, technology providers, and end-users.
• Lead potting and encapsulation development projects from conception to commercialization.
• Collaborate with chemists, application and process engineers to design and improve potting formulation performance for electronics applications.
• Lead and supervise your highly international lab team.
• Ensure that intellectual property is protected through proper documentation and patent filing.

Your qualifications

• Minimum requirement: Bachelor's degree in chemistry/ chemical engineering/ material science /or similar and work experience. However, if you possess a graduate-level degree (Master's or Ph.D.), you'll be at a distinct advantage.
• Proven ability to invent and innovate (e.g. patents) and a strong ability to design and supervise experiments are needed.
• The ability to work autonomously on multiple projects is needed.
• A solid understanding of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field of potting and encapsulation materials.
• Familiarity with intellectual property protection, patent filing, and trade secrets.
• A structured and precise way of working, and you can lead your lab team.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English and excellent interpersonal skills are essential.
• Work experience is a must (e.g., in a research or manufacturing company).

What we offer to you

Gross annual salary (based on full-time employment) starts at EUR 70.000 with a willingness to overpay depending on qualifications and relevant prior work experience. The salary is paid 14 times a year (holiday and Christmas money). For legal reasons, we would like to point out that a minimum salary of EUR 2.698,02 (full-time) applies to this position.

#1 Benefits:

• Receive a copetitive salary for your valuable contributions
• Employee participation program (participate in our growth with our ESOP Pool)
• Team breakfast twice a month
• Internal table tennis tournament
• Regular company events and excursions
• Fruit basket and free drinks
• Good parking situation and public accessibility of our location in Seyring (right next to the G3 Shopping Center Gerasdorf, close to Vienna)

#2 Working environment:

• Flexible working hours
• Independent way of working
• Very flat hierarchy

#3 Culture:

• Open and appreciative communication
• Important decisions are discussed with the team and made together
• Regular feedback
• Implementation of your own ideas

#4 Opportunities for personal development:

• Be part of our success - through our agile growth, SpeedPox® is constantly evolving, which also opens new career opportunities for you
• Be part of the Austrian startup ecosystem and benefit from our international mentor network
• Support for your professional development and continuous education

#5 Moving to a new city:

• Vienna has a lot to offer. It is the most livable city according to the Global Liveability Index 2023. So, consider giving it a chance.
• We will support you as well as we can with moving to Vienna and everything that comes with it (like finding a flat, dealing with the city and state authorities to register you in Austria/Vienna)

If you see yourself working in an innovation driven environment, with a dynamic and international team, and are also performance-oriented and eager to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application documents.