Research Scientist - Labels & Packaging Materials
Multi-Color Corporation Recruiting · Posted Nov 11, 2026
- Batavia, Ohio, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Senior
- Competitive Compensation
Lead research, product development, and innovation projects for label printing and packaging applications, focusing on inks, coatings, adhesives, primers, substrates, films, papers, and print-related materials.
Responsibilities
- Lead R&D projects from concept through feasibility, prototype development, validation, scale-up, and commercialization.
- Identify, evaluate, and develop new materials, formulations, substrates, print technologies, and converting solutions.
- Design and execute structured experiments, including design of experiments.
- Develop and optimize inks, coatings, adhesives, primers, varnishes, and substrate combinations.
- Build technical understanding of adhesion, cure response, surface energy, coating performance, print quality, durability, migration risk, recyclability, and end-use performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Materials Science, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Packaging Science, Printing Technology, or a related technical field
- Master’s or Ph.D. preferred
- Nice to have: Flexographic printing
- Nice to have: Digital printing
- Nice to have: Offset printing