Saint Gobain Research North America’s Life Sciences Filtration Technologies team is searching for a talented Senior Research Engineer I to join their team.

The position of Senior Research Engineer I will be responsible for researching and developing new technologies to strengthen and expand our filtration offerings. The selected candidate will lead R&D projects from the initial stages of conceptualization and prototyping through experimental testing and commercialization by leveraging their experience and materials science expertise. This role involves close collaboration with R&D colleagues, the commercial team, application engineers, and end-users. Projects will focus on understanding filtration technology landscape, identifying unmet industry pain points, and developing innovative solutions to meet customer needs.

This role will be located at the Saint-Gobain North America Research Center, and it will work closely with the Life Sciences R&D teams and Competency Research Laboratories. The Filtration portfolio covers markets and applications such as medical devices, biopharma, cell and gene therapy, diagnostics, and semiconductor manufacturing.

Essential Functions

Utilizes strong research and/or project experiences and broad expertise in engineering and material science to improve on/or develop new filtration solutions. Manages projects from inception through scale-up. Manages multiple projects simultaneously, on time, well documented and within budget to meet business and customer objectives. Able to balance creativity with process and documentation. Builds close relationships with customers, product management, R&D team, application engineers, and position himself/herself as a technical expert to address customer challenges, explain our products and technology, and assist with product and application development. Work with quality, customers and application engineers to troubleshoot and analyze complaints and differentiate between application and product-related issues. Aids in the investigation and timely resolution of quality complaints. Stays aware of new technology and product developments within the markets and applications of interest to the Life Science Business. Excellent communicator who can communicate technically with internal and external collaborators and utilize knowledge to identify solutions, advance projects and identify productive synergies. Understands Gate Process and Change/Design Control methodology/ideology and utilizes and incorporates it in projects.