Material Specialist

3 days ago


Ballerup, Denmark GN Group Full time
Material Specialist - Polymer Chemistry to Product Development, R&D

Apply locations: Ballerup

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 7 Days Ago

Time left to apply: End Date: January 25, 2025 (7 days left to apply)

Job requisition id: R20776

The next generation of high-end hearing aids presents big challenges in regard to performance, regulations, and compliance within environmental and bio safety, and are constantly under development.

In the role as Material Specialist at GN, you will contribute to our purpose of Bringing People Closer by providing your expertise and ideas to the development of the next generation of high-end hearing aids for consumers around the world.

The team you will be part of:

At our headquarters in Ballerup, you will become a part of the Product Development team. This team is committed to developing intelligent audio solutions, with a focus on materials and biosafety. To enable this achievement, you will work in an international environment with mechanical, biosafety and materials specialists, acoustic engineers, and other colleagues from R&D, Marketing, Procurement, and many other functions on innovative development projects.

Your contribution is appreciated, and you will:

With a focus on enabling maximum usability, durability, consumer biosafety, and comfort, you will work on developing future solutions by bringing the right materials and materials technology into the process.

Specifically, you will:

  1. Scout different industries for relevant materials.
  2. Research potential materials, suggest the most relevant to the organization and partake in the decision-making processes.
  3. Support global R&D with advice on materials as well as polymer and surface chemistry, ensuring material efficiency, consumer biosafety, environmental compliance, and usability throughout.
  4. Develop and maintain verification plans, and continuously check for compliance with regulatory requirements.

“This position is about finding and maturing the future materials for the best hearing aids in the world. About exploring and experimenting with new technologies from different industries and thinking creatively to see how these can be used to provide unique benefits for our clients,” says hiring manager, Henrik Povelsen.

To succeed in the role, we imagine that you bring the following:

  1. You hold a MSc degree or PhD in chemistry, materials science or equivalent.
  2. Solid knowledge of polymer materials and their processing.
  3. Experience with materials science, polymer chemistry and processing, from previous positions as a materials chemist or scientist, research engineer or similar.
  4. Knowledge and experience in sustainability processes and materials.
  5. Experience with medical devices or medical-grade plastics is desirable.
  6. Comprehensive interpersonal and communication skills.
  7. Proficiency in English, written and spoken.
  8. A customer-centric mindset with a commitment to challenge processes and thoughts to ensure that consumers are always at the center throughout the development processes.

We encourage you to apply

Even if you don’t match all the above-mentioned skills, we will gladly receive your application if you think you have transferable skills. We highly value a mindset, motivation, and energy that aligns with our core values, to not only ensure growth for you, but for your team and the wider GN organization as well.

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. As such, we encourage you to submit your CV without a photo to ensure an equal and fair application process.

Should you have any special requirements for the interview, please let the hiring manager know upon accepting the invitation to interview.

How to apply?

Use the ‘APPLY’ link no later than January 25th, 2025. Applications are assessed on a continuous basis, so don’t wait to send yours.

On a time crunch? Feel free to only submit your up-to-date CV including a few sentences outlining your motivation for applying – quick and easy.

If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to connect with Henrik Povelsen on LinkedIn.

Join us in bringing people closer

GN brings people closer through our leading intelligent hearing, audio, video, and gaming solutions. Inspired by people and committed to innovation, we deliver technology that enhances the senses of hearing and sight. We help people with hearing loss overcome real-life challenges, improve communication and collaboration for businesses, and provide great experiences for audio and gaming enthusiasts.

We hope you will join us on this journey and look forward to receiving your application.

About Us

GN brings people closer through our leading intelligent hearing, audio, video, and gaming solutions. Inspired by people and driven by innovation, we deliver technology that enhances the senses of hearing and sight. We help people with hearing loss overcome real-life challenges, improve communication and collaboration for businesses, and provide great experiences for audio and gaming enthusiasts.

GN was founded more than 150 years ago with a vision to connect the world. Today, inspired by our strong heritage, GN touches more lives than ever with the broadest portfolio of products and services in our history – fostering a sense of community, openness, and understanding.

By listening to customers and combining our unique expertise in the human ear, audio, video, and speech, wireless technologies, software, and miniaturization, we transform what it takes to bring people closer to what is important to them.

The GN-owned brands that are responsible for bringing these technologies to life:

Founded in 1869, the GN Group employs 7,000 people and is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen (GN.CO). GN’s solutions are sold in around 100 countries across the world.

If you would like to learn more about us, visit our homepage gn.com or click on our different brands. You can also connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

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