Jobs Companies DuPont Senior Scientist – Product Development

About this Senior Scientist – Product Development role at DuPont

DuPont · Onsite · Richmond, Virginia

At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world’s most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont. Why Join Us | DuPont Careers

The Tyvek® business within Healthcare & Water Technologies is a global leader in advanced materials, serving healthcare packaging, personal protective equipment, and a broad range of consumer and industrial applications. Through the trusted Tyvek® brand, we help protect critical products, enable innovation, and improve safety worldwide.

Why Join Us

In this individual contributor role, you will influence the future of the Tyvek® portfolio by translating breakthrough science and manufacturing capabilities into differentiated products that solve customer challenges and create business growth.

How You'll Make an Impact

  • Lead and execute product innovation programs that strengthen the technical value proposition and market position of Tyvek® products.
  • Serve as a product technology leader, partnering with Marketing, Product Management, Application Development, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to identify growth opportunities and develop market participation strategies.
  • Translate manufacturing process capabilities into differentiated product features and customer value propositions.
  • Develop deep mechanistic understanding of the relationship between material structure, processing conditions, and product performance.
  • Design and drive experimental programs involving flash-spinning technology, polymers, additives, and advanced material systems to support new product development.
  • Advance laboratory, pilot-scale, and manufacturing capabilities that accelerate innovation and commercialization.
  • Apply scientific and engineering principles to solve complex technical challenges and enable data-driven business decisions.
  • Lead scale-up and commercialization efforts, working across manufacturing and engineering organizations to successfully launch new products and technologies.
  • Build, protect, and leverage intellectual property portfolios that support strategic business objectives.
  • Monitor competitive, regulatory, and technology trends and shape proactive technical strategies that position Tyvek® for future growth.
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, external research partners, and industry experts.
  • Coach and mentor scientists and engineers, fostering technical excellence and helping build organizational capability.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

  • PhD or Master's degree in Chemistry, Polymer Science, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Demonstrated experience leading product development, technology development, or commercialization programs in an industrial environment.
  • Strong ability to connect scientific understanding with business and customer needs.
  • Experience influencing cross-functional teams and driving results through collaboration.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience spanning product development, manufacturing, process scale-up, technical service, regulatory, quality, or commercial-facing technical roles.
  • Expertise in several of the following areas: product development, polymer processing, materials science, process scale-up, intellectual property development, quality systems, regulatory compliance, project leadership, or statistical experimentation.
  • Experience engaging directly with customers and translating market needs into technical solutions.
  • Knowledge of nonwoven materials, membrane technologies, selective barrier materials, or related applications.
  • Experience leading technology commercialization and manufacturing implementation efforts.
  • Demonstrated track record of intellectual property generation, innovation leadership, and technology strategy development.
  • German language capabilities are a plus.

Additional Information

  • Travel up to 25% may be required based on business and project needs.

Join our Talent Community to stay connected with us!

DuPont is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit our Accessibility Page for Contact Information.

DuPont offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package. To learn more visit the Compensation and Benefits page.

Ready to apply to DuPont?
Apply to DuPont

About DuPont

For additional information on our unbridled commitment to deliver essential innovations that enrich people's lives, enable sustainable development and foster human potential for generations to come, please access the following link to better understand & appreciate. Together, we're turning possibilities into real world answers that help humanity prosper! DuPont is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, ple

See all jobs at DuPont →

Similar jobs

Sign up for suggestions tailored to the jobs you open and the searches you save.

More jobs at DuPont

See all jobs at DuPont →

Apply now
🤖

Whoa — hold up

JobsRadar was built for real people having a rough time in their job search — not for automated requests. You're clicking way too fast and you're now temporarily blocked.

Come back later. If you're genuinely job hunting, we've got your back — just act like a human.

Catch your next role the second it’s posted.

Create a free account and we’ll watch the boards for you — the instant a job matches your search, it lands in your inbox or Telegram. No digging, no refreshing.

Create free account

Free forever · takes 30 seconds · already have one?

Get an edge on your job hunt.

Join our Telegram channel for the stuff that helps you land the role — salary benchmarks, the weekly market pulse, and new-feature drops. No spam, just signal.

Join the channel — it's free