Research Associate

Associate Scientist

ABOUT SOLENIS
Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on partnering with water-intensive operations to solve complex water treatment, process improvement and hygiene challenges with advanced chemical and equipment solutions for consumer, industrial, institutional, food & beverage, and recreational pool and spa water markets.

The product portfolio of Solenis includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments.
Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis has been recognized as a Best Managed Company for 4 consecutive years and was named as 2024 Best Managed Company Gold Standard Winner

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and optimize chemical formulations in line with predefined product performance requirements, customer specifications, cost targets, and regulatory constraints. 

• Conduct formulation of change assessments to evaluate the impact of raw material changes, supplier changes, or process modifications. 

• Select and evaluate appropriate or alternate raw materials, additives, and functional components to achieve desired physical, chemical, and functional properties and communicate to supply chain on approvals. 

• Conduct laboratory-scale formulation trials to study the effect of composition, processing conditions, and raw material variability on product performance. 

• Optimize formulations for key attributes such as stability, compatibility, viscosity, reactivity, shelf life, application performance, and safety. 

• Plan and execute formulation qualification studies to demonstrate robustness, consistency, and reproducibility of the formulation under defined operating conditions. 

• Perform accelerated and real-time stability studies to assess formulation behavior over time and under various environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, packaging). 

• Evaluate formulation performance through standardized test methods and application-based testing relevant to end-use requirements. 

• Support scale-up activities by translating laboratory formulations to pilot and commercial-scale processes while maintaining product quality and performance. 

• Prepare detailed formulation of qualification reports, technical summaries, and recommendations based on experimental findings and data analysis. 

• Collaborate closely with Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Regulatory, and Supply Chain teams to ensure smooth technology transfer and commercial readiness. 

• Provide technical support for troubleshooting formulation-related issues during production, storage, or customer application. 

• Provide technical support to sourcing & supply chain where needed if issues  

         arise in quality of the RMs & Products. 

• Analyze raw materials, intermediates, and finished formulations using appropriate wet chemical and instrumental techniques such as titration, pH, viscosity, density, GC, HPLC, FTIR, UV‑Vis, particle size analysis, and other relevant methods. 

• Develop, optimize, and validate analytical methods to ensure accuracy, precision, repeatability, and robustness in accordance with internal quality standards. 

• Conduct comparative and investigative analyses to evaluate formulation performance, raw material variability, and root causes of product or process deviations. 

• Ensure laboratory work is conducted in compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), safety guidelines, and applicable quality and regulatory requirements. 

• Maintain accurate and complete laboratory documentation, including lab notebooks, analytical data sheets, and electronic records. 

• Ensure formulation development activities comply with internal quality systems, safety guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements. 

• Maintain accurate and complete laboratory documentation, including lab notebooks, analytical data sheets, and electronic records. 

• Ensure formulation development activities comply with internal quality systems, safety guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements. 

Experience Level

Mid Level