Senior Chemist - Pretreatment & E-coat Laboratory:
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About Us:
The Senior Chemist will play a key role in supporting customer requirements, product development activities, and manufacturing processes while ensuring best-in-class performance of pretreatment and E-coat technologies. This position requires strong laboratory expertise, analytical problem-solving skills, and the ability to collaborate with customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, formulate, and validate pretreatment and E-coat products at laboratory scale.
- Prepare prototype samples and test panels using lab-scale coating processes.
- Perform analytical testing and interpret results to provide technical support for customer production lines.
- Troubleshoot coating performance issues and recommend corrective actions.
- Support product launches, line trials, and manufacturing scale-up activities.
- Collaborate with commercial, manufacturing, and technical teams to ensure successful implementation of new products.




- Interface with customers to understand process requirements and provide technical guidance.
- Work closely with raw material suppliers to evaluate new technologies and industry trends.
- Prepare technical reports, presentations, and project updates for internal and external stakeholders.
- Mentor junior chemists and provide technical training when needed.

Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in automotive coatings, preferably in Pretreatment and E-coat technologies.
- Knowledge of electrocoat bath control, phosphate systems, corrosion protection, and coating performance evaluations.
- Experience using analytical instruments such as FT-IR, GC-MS, SEM-EDX, XRF, particle size analyzers, titration systems, and microscopy.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred:
- Master's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineeri

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