Job Description
Job Description Do you thrive in developing new molecules or processes and seeing that effort transition into commercialized products? BAE Systems, one of the world's largest defense contractors and a stable Fortune 500 Company, is hiring an R&D Synthesis Chemist to help us develop, test, and bring to market new energetic materials. Our innovative and diverse group invented and commercialized IMX-101 and IMX-104, safer alternatives to TNT and Comp B. Our growing team of scientists from all across the country work closely together in our research facility surrounded by a nature preserve in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Tennessee. Responsibilities Devise safe, effective, and efficient methods of synthesizing chemicals including high explosives to support R&D. Undertake experiments using corrosive, explosive, and toxic materials in a safe manner. Specify lab equipment in support of synthesis experiments and lab scale process development. Provide chemical support...