Job posting: Research and Development Chemist, Chevron Oronite, Richmond, CA

Via C&EN Jobs: 

The Research and Development Chemist position is in the Chemistry Development and Fundamentals (CDF) team of Chevron Oronite Company, located at the Richmond Technology Center in California.   Oronite invents, manufactures, and sells performance-enhancing additives for lubricants and fuels, and the CDF team engages in developing next generation components and supporting fundamentals from concept to commercialization that will give Oronite, Chevron and its customers a competitive advantage in additive packages, finished lubricants and fuels.

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

• Design and synthesis of new fuel and lubricants additives
• Develop fundamental understandings of structure-performance relationships for component performance and apply those learnings to improved component design.
• Perforn bench-scale performance testing which may include development of new methods/protocols to simulate lubrication phenomena.
• Follow processes which ensure that work is conducted in the safest and most environmentally sound manner
• Perform literature and patent searches in support of research; write comprehensive research reports; give oral presentations of work.
• Work collaboratively with other synthetic chemists, process development engineers, additive formulators, intellectual property and business functions to provide support in understanding and solving performance gaps.
• Develop and lead a research strategy to address customer performance and business needs.
• Ability to manage and work on multiple projects concurrently.
• Create intellectual property through invention disclosures, patent applications, and publications
• Provide work direction to one or more laboratory assistants and ensure safe, incident-free operations.

Required Qualifications:

• Completed PhD degree in Chemistry with experience in physical, organic or colloids chemistry; experience in small molecule synthesis preferred, or similar Master's degree with relevant research experience. 

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