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Overview

Aramco is seeking an Advanced Materials Scientist to join the Catalyst Center of Excellence (CCoE) at its Research & Development Center (R&DC), which is responsible for designing innovative catalysts to convert oil and natural gas into higher value fuels and chemicals; as well as sustainability catalysts which enable CO2 utilization, low-carbon fuels production, and a hydrogen economy.

The Advanced Materials Scientist's primary role is to advance the development of breakthrough catalytically active materials through robust in-house synthesis and advanced characterization; and to evaluate related/available technologies in the field of advanced materials for catalysis.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Assess technical and business opportunities and identify potential areas for research and development, establishing strategy and tactics to achieve technical and business goals.

Planning, coordinating and leading technology development projects and/or catalyst R&D tasks related to the development of advanced catalytic materials for refining, petrochemicals, or sustainability applications. This includes idea generation, conceptualization, general planning of project/task, porous material design, synthesis and characterization; advanced data analysis and interpretation, interacting with project scientists, laboratory technicians as well as management and project gate keepers. Candidate will carry out the following jobs.

Develop advanced catalytic materials from synthesis conception to bench-scale within short timeframes.

Conduct original R&D activities relating to the development of novel porous materials to serve as novel catalytic components, and support the design and formulation of different heterogenous catalysts for a wide range of applications in alignment with the evolving relevant corporate and business strategies.

Engage with multi-disciplinary teams to optimize the features of developed materials based on targeted performance metrics of the catalytic application being addressed, all while capturing intellectual property and engaging in advocacy activities to promote it in appropriate venues.

Organize teams for specific projects and tasks and lead internal and cross-functional project reviews.

Author technical reports and papers and generate patent applications as appropriate.

Utilize state-of-the-art synthesis concepts, including High Throughput Research (HTR) methodologies and combinatorial techniques as appropriate to advance catalytic technologies.

Utilize advanced and routine material/catalyst characterization tools and instruments to gain insights about structure/activity relationships, and feed into superior material design and optimization.