Ceramic Material Scientist

Keele, Staffordshire

Full time on site

Salary details available on request

Permanent role

Responsibilities

· Understanding and contributing scientific knowledge to product manufacturing

· Writing and maintaining material specifications for the production process

· Collaborative working with quality and production to drive processes and maintain standards

· Support quality test sampling of materials from the production processes

· Understand manufacturing processes

· Characterizing materials to create specifications

· Source of product knowledge

· Disseminate product information through internal training and as a point of contact

· Product support for existing products and new product development

· Characterization of materials and devices in the laboratory

Essential criteria

· PhD in materials science or equivalent

· Specialism in crystalline ceramics

· Understanding of polymer chemistry

· Strong science communication and writing skills

· Able to design and execute targeted wet lab research

· Ability to pivot and use initiative to adapt and learn new skills as needed

Desirable criteria

· Experience working in a clean room

· Experience working with medical devices product support

· Understanding of the regulatory environment around ceramics and medical devices

· Experience in manufacturing of ceramics ideally in medical devices

· Experience in calcium based ceramics

For more information please send your CV to daniel.bailey@cpl.com