Polymer and Chemistry Expert - Advanced Concepts
Arc'teryx
- North Vancouver, BC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Researching new and novel innovations in textile finishes, adhesives, coloration, next-gen polymers, processing, molding, surface functionalization, green chemistry, and related areas of interest in order to select and initiate partnerships and developments
- Collaborating with internal and external partners to continually improve material performance from a durability, comfort, quality, environmental, and social impact perspective via ingredients, additives, and/or treatments
- Communicating, educating, and presenting information to a wide range of key partners
- Managing, leading, and commercializing multiple short, mid, and long-term projects, while providing clear documentation of progress, updates, outcomes, and resource-utilization
- Support in creating definitions and guidelines for brand-wide use of certain raw material ingredients, chemistries, and auxiliaries
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA): troubleshooting and problem-solving when issues arise within the material toolbox
- Fostering and growing relationships within industry and academia, supporting funding applications and creation of intellectual property and/or proprietary branded technologies
- Building in-house and external testing, prototyping, and analysis capabilities
- Establishing a long-term chemicals, adhesives, and polymer ingredients strategy
- Creating new methods to test and validate functional benefits in collaboration with Research & Engineering
- Collaborating with Brand teams to communicate innovations to guests and representatives
- You have a degree in chemistry, polymer science, polymer chemistry, textile engineering, environmental science / chemical management, materials science or similar field
- You have 3+ years of consumer-goods, textile-industry, or commercially sponsored Research and Development (R&D) experience
- You have a strong foundation of knowledge around polymer science, chemistry, processing and manufacturing, adhesives, and/or textile dyeing, finishing
- You have experience working with multiple levels of a typical polymer or industrial chemical supply chain
- You have experience working with different sized entities and partners, including large industrial chemical companies, specialty compounders, processors, academia, start-ups, etc.
- You have experience in technology scouting, TEA and due diligence
- You have a high level of self-drive, creativity, commercial acumen, and foundational technical knowledge
- You are a problem-solver and inherently curious
- You are able to explain complex concepts to both scientists and non-scientists
- You are an effective and empathetic communicator
- You are detail-oriented and follow-through on commitments to do what is right, and you strive for continuous improvement
- You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
- You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
- Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it