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Research and Development (R&D)

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Chemists (25 positions) Apply

Overview
Dow's Research and Development (R&D) organization attracts some of the finest researchers from around the world to the company's state-of-the-art facilities where they collaborate on cutting-edge technology to develop market-driven scientific and technical innovations.

The Shanghai R&D Center is Dow's newest innovation and development powerhouse for Asia Pacific and the rest of the world. Located in Dow's new Asia Pacific headquarters at the Shanghai Dow Center, this fully-integrated corporate research and application development center is the first of its kind in Dow. The Shanghai R&D Center brings together under one roof research expertise with market-focused application development capabilities¡ªan integration that enables fast development and optimization of products and solutions that cut across markets, technologies and molecules.

Powered by 500 leading scientists and engineers working in over 80 integrated laboratories, these capabilities enable us to act locally against the needs of our customers while drawing upon and contributing to Dow's proven global expertise.
This world-class facility offers Dow's scientists and engineers unlimited possibilities to collaborate, create, discover and develop.

Career Opportunity
Depending on your degree and area of expertise, there are many different areas for you to develop and grow with us as a new hire in Dow.

The researchers in our Corporate R&D organization work on the discovery of new technologies and the enhancement of current product platforms to create the products of the future.

Business researchers aligned with commercial Application Development teams help to assess customer needs and match current product solutions to meet their needs or create new products for emerging requirements.

The R&D people working in Technical Service & Development support customer needs by helping to develop new products and providing technical knowledge on the use, handling and management of Dow products.

Dow's Research Assignments Program (RAP) is a rotational program in which new employees select and complete three to four projects with different Dow R&D groups during their first year on the job. At the completion of the program, RAP employees move into a specific role that matches their interests and needs of the company.

Who We Are Looking For:
We are looking for outstanding technical professionals who:

Majored in chemistry, polymer science, material science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering,building science, physics, and microbiology
Learn quickly & rapidly apply new knowledge
Flexible & adaptive
Initiate and drive change
Make new connections
Communicate and sell their ideas
Excellent problem solver
Strong teamwork
Passionate innovator