Senior Materials Scientist (AI/ML)

Location: On-site in Mentor, Ohio, United States

Salary: $120,000–$160,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company operating in more than 50 countries with approximately 35,000 employees.

What you will do

• Develop fundamental understanding of silicone and non-silicone release coatings, polymeric adhesives, gels, colloids, and multilayer laminates.
• Conceive new material paradigms and translate scientific insights into scalable materials, process solutions, and differentiated products.
• Design experimentation and modeling approaches linking structure, formulation, processing, properties, and performance.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to test hypotheses through scientifically driven experiments and predictive computational insights.
• Establish the scientific and experimental foundation for autonomous self-driving laboratory capabilities.
• Connect automated high-throughput experimentation, scientific databases, predictive models, and human scientific judgment.

Requirements

• PhD in Polymer or Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a closely related discipline.
• At least 7 years of direct industrial R&D experience developing novel materials paradigms.
• Demonstrated expertise in polymer science, coatings, or related fields.
• Ability to connect materials structure, formulation, processing, properties, and performance through rigorous scientific reasoning and independent experimentation.

Nice to have

• Experience with automated high-throughput experimentation, robotics, self-driving autonomous laboratory concepts, or model-ready scientific databases.
• Industrial R&D experience with silicone release coatings, release liners, silicone formulations, or related technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role within a collaborative, inclusive, and innovation-focused environment.
• 401(k) plan with an automatic 3% contribution and matching contribution of 50% on the first 7% contributed.
• Paid parental leave with 100% salary continuation during approved leave.
• Paid time off with vacation eligibility varying by experience and position.
• Inclusive primary and specialty healthcare benefits.

Hiring process

• Final candidates may undergo reference, education, and employment-history verification, along with additional legally permitted post-offer screenings.
• Video and/or in-person interviews are required for identity verification; a brief photo may also be requested and is permanently deleted after the hiring process.