Company description

Oligomaster is a sustainable product development company that is accelerating development for the products of tomorrow. We stimulate innovation by providing technical and business knowledge and assembling a team and product that build a perfect symbiosis for truly impactful technology. We pour certainty into the process with our proprietary method of mapping active marketing, client needs, product profitability, and cost optimization. Working with our multinational partners, we scale and co-invest in disruptive technologies, answering global challenges. We work with a network of subject matter experts to build a technology for the needed market. We have invested in our own knowledge and have multiple technologies available with a go-to-market strategy that will benefit the economy on a sustainable front. Our competitive advantage comes with our network and the knowledge of the space.

Our current target market include: bioplastic/biodegradable development, antimicrobial coatings, plastic recycling, material design driven through machine learning, and next generation health products.

Research Program:

Applicants are invited for a twelve (12) month research intensive fellowship program at Oligomaster designed to offer fellows a hands-on bench scientific experience while developing valuable and lifelong career advancement skills in Oligomaster and University of Waterloo's highly advanced and innovative research environment.

In addition to contributing both intellectually and experimentally to polymer innovation programs with focus on formulation, synthesis, processing, and product testing,



fellows will receive on-the-job training supplemented with customized learning and development initiatives to advance the understanding of the product and business development lifecycle and personal skill acquisition.

Key Responsibilities:

- Engage meaningfully with hands-on, experiential learning opportunities with an outlook on transferrable competencies
- Leveraging past scientific experience, design, execute and drive key cutting edge R&D; initiatives within Oligomaster's programs.
- Prepare data for presentation at lab and departmental meetings and/or conferences.
- Participate in manuscript and patent application writing, as appropriate.
- Develop professional soft skills critical to success within & outside Oligomaster.
- Broaden skilled network within the material science industry.

Research Opportunities in Functional Areas:

We are seeking a passionate postdoctoral fellow (lead research scientist) with experience in developing cellulose-based polymer formulations. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience working with product development in the area of functionalized cellulose for biomedical applications.

Experience using one or more of the analytical tools such as HPLC, LC-MS,



particle-size analysis, FTIR, NMR, GC-MS, and scale-up reactor skills are beneficial. Successful fellow in this position should be able to establish new formulation/polymer synthesis capabilities and possibly has expertise in animal testing.

Qualifications

- Recently completed a Ph.D. within the last 5 years in materials science & engineering, chemical engineering, biomedical & health science or pharmaceutical science.
- Experience in animal studies, such as working with rat models, is an asset.
- The successful candidate should have a strong interest and demonstrated deep understanding of polymer synthesis, especially cellulose nanomaterials.
- The successful candidate is expected to understand the assigned project and work independently, propose experimental hypotheses, design experimental questions and protocols, and plan, coordinate, conduct and report on assigned research projects.
- Excellent communication and writing skills, as well as a team-oriented mindset for collaborative research, are critical.
- Technical proficiency, scientific creativity, independent thoughts, and ability to effectively collaborate with others with multiple scientific disciplines.

Only local residents of Canada are considered at this time.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: From $50,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off

Flexible language requirement:
- French not required

Education:
- Doctoral Degree (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1

📌 Research Engineer/Post-Doctoral Position for New Product Development (Waterloo)
🏢 Oligomaster
📍 Waterloo