Job Description

The research fellow will be part of a team of Continental-NTU corporate lab to conduct/assist research on customized functional adhesives and glue materials for automotive display panels, coating, lamination, and testing. He/she will contribute to the development of new application driven materials and production processes, located mostly at Nanyang Technological University.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and establish a chemical and material integration approach for automotive grade adhesives and bonding materials for display panels with partnering industries.

• Material screening, selection and synthesis of automotive grade application driven adhesives such as gluing, optical bonding, adhesive tapes, etc.

• Technology development from the perspective of chemical processes involved in product components manufacturing

• Definition of appropriate material stacks, materials and processes products from chemical and mechanical aspects

• Chemical characterization of materials within component specifications

• Chemical compatibility analysis of materials for different components

• Mechanical characteristics evaluation and optimization

• Support mechanical and chemistry relevant qualification and failures analysis

• Drive specific technologies scouting (e.g. bonding and coating materials, functional foils), roadmaps and solutions benchmarking from own expert area perspective

• Perform market scouting for adhesive solutions, maintain internal material database and recommend suitable solutions for the application projects

• Co-work with partnering institutions and other departments in regard to display system materials (e.g. optical bonding, coating, shielding tapes) evaluation and release.

• Perform project documentation and technical reports.

• Manage completion of engineering task based on agreed scope and timeline.

Job Requirements:

• Master’s degree with 3 years of experience or PhD degree in relevant field with minimum 1 years of experience in relevant field

• Advanced knowledge in chemistry field with focus on display materials, plastics and die cast

• Advanced understanding of the applied chemical processes in display components and display products manufacturing.

• Advanced understanding of adhesive materials and technologies

• Able to build up a network and experience working in cross functional and international teams

• Hands on mentality with Experience with wet-bench processes and chemical handling in lab.

• Experience with material properties characterization: SEM, EDS, XRD, Microscopy, Rheometer, Mechanical characterizations, DMA.

• Hands-on experience in synthesis and processing of adhesives and glue for display panel products.

• Basic reporting, documentation, and presentation: Microsoft office.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU

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