Ceramic Scientist Innovation (m/f/d)

Ceramic Scientist Innovation (m/f/d)

Temporary

About Heraeus

Making displays foldable? Helping hearts beat with medical innovations? Or breathing new life into precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead.

About Heraeus Covantics

We are one of the leading materials specialists in the production and processing of high-purity quartz glass and other high-quality materials such as ceramics and innovative composites. With a global team of over 2,000 employees and locations in Europe, the USA, and Asia, we specialize in manufacturing semi-finished products, complex system components, and customized solutions for the information and telecommunications industry, the production of specialty fibers for industrial and medical applications, semiconductor manufacturing, and optics.
In our company, you can expect an innovation-driven work environment, global teamwork, and the opportunity to take an active role in social and environmental responsibility. Become part of our team and shape the future with us!

The following challenges await you:

• Develop ceramic components and ceramic coatings for use in the semiconductor industry.
• Contribute your expertise to the advancement of innovative ceramic materials. Experience in the field of plasma physics is a plus.
• Identify complex and technically relevant problems, determine their root causes, and develop and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Protect technologies, processes, materials, and products through targeted patent filings.
• Work closely with the Product Management, Sales, and Operations departments to ensure the critical aspects of innovation projects are addressed.
• Actively participate in an international team at our locations in Germany and the USA, collaborating on innovative solutions.

Your Profile:

• A completed Master’s degree in Materials Science, Chemistry, or Physics. A PhD in ceramic materials is desirable.
• Professional experience in research or product development.
• Experience in semiconductor front-end processes such as plasma etching, CVD, and epitaxy.
• Strong organizational skills and methodological competence.
• Fluent in both German and English, with excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Independent work methodology, teamwork, customer orientation, and reliability.

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Your Benefits:

• Attractive compensation – strong basic salary in accordance with the collective chemical agreement, annual one-time payments (vacation bonus, Christmas bonus, future bonus), time off for retirement, and extension of the statutory long-term care insurance to include supplementary long-term care insurance
• Additional financial benefits – promotion of private pension plans, life phase account for paid time off (e.g. sabbatical, earlier retirement), subsidy for public transport, discounts in many (online) stores
• Regulated working hours – 37.5 hours per week, compensatory time off for overtime, retirement leave, 30 days annual leave, special leave for special occasions
• Health & well-being – company medical service with comprehensive preventive medical checkups, sports offers, social counseling and in-house employee canteen with freshly prepared meals every day