Senior Adhesive Scientist for Materials, Product Design & Engineering

Job title:

Senior Adhesive Scientist for Materials, Product Design & Engineering

Company:

Coloplast

Job description

Coloplast R&D is expanding with several new positions as we continue our growth journey and our ambitions within modularity, sustainability, and technology development. This includes continuously challenge current way of working, expand our thinking, and explore new solutions to make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs.At Coloplast, you will join an expert team and a great environment – where we work to ultimately make a difference to people with intimate health care needs.Join a highly specialised team within adhesive and sensor technologiesAt our HQ in Humlebæk, you will join a team of 13 colleagues highly specialised in adhesive and sensor technologies. We are one of three departments in the Materials department consisting of more than 40 people, most of us polymer scientists. We develop effective solutions within ostomy care, continence care, wound care, and bowel management to help our end-users live the life they want to live.”It’s a very international, diverse team with a high degree of expertise – and even though we work on separate projects, we have a solid cooperation and a strong tradition for knowledge sharing,” says Lotte Klein, Head of Adhesive and Sensor Technologies.Focus on adhesive development in cross-organisational projects
As our new Senior Adhesive Scientist, you will develop adhesive formulations for our products. Doing so, you will work as a subject matter expert on various projects alongside project managers, laboratory technicians, product designers and other specialists as part of cross-functional teams. Your work might also include collaboration with universities and other external partners.The projects may vary in size and scope and are typically related to adhesive development for ostomy care or wound care products.Among other things, you will:

• Identify and characterize new relevant polymer materials
• Make polymer formulations for pressure-sensitive adhesives for skin applications
• Be responsible for performance testing such as rheology, peel and other relevant methods
• Document material properties and performance and communicate key findings to both scientific and non-scientific stakeholders

“This is a chance to make an important impact on our products, which are so crucial for our users – and if you have the motivation, there’s also a chance to get even closer to our users and understand their needs better”, Lotte continues.A scientific background and hands-on experience
You thrive when you get to do what you do best – intensively utilising your expert knowledge and using your creativity to try new innovative ideas in the lab setting.Furthermore, we imagine that you:

• Either have a PhD or a master’s degree, most likely within polymer chemistry, but it could also be within e.g. chemical engineering, material technology or organic chemistry
• Bring solid hands-on experience with polymer chemistry including synthesis
• Have experience with relevant material characterisation methods and performance testing
• Understand the importance of documentation when working in a regulated industry
• Speak and write English effortlessly

Ideally, you also have:

• Experience within one of the following areas: hydrogels, skin adhesives, tissue adhesives, bioinspired adhesives
• Gained experience in formulation of adhesive polymeric blends and interaction at dermal sites
• Been familar with working in areas with ISO 13485 and medical documentation

Interested?
If you would like to know more about the position, please call Head of Adhesive and Sensor Technologies Lotte Klein on +45 49 11 25 72. We will take candidates into the recruitment process continuously, so do not hesitate to apply. This position will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found.Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.Visit us on .Follow us on . Like us on .58623
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Expected salary

Location

Humlebæk, Hovedstaden

Job date

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 03:15:51 GMT

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