Lead Materials Scientist

Lead Materials Scientist

Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: exploring uncharted questions, engineering innovative solutions, advancing scientific understanding, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision.

You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

About You

The Global Research & Development Wipes Dream Team (part of the Product Steward Team) is seeking an experienced scientist/engineer for material and process development in Roswell, Georgia.

The scientist / engineer for this role will provide technical direction to develop materials and processes in support of our Personal Care and Family Care wet wipes businesses.

Candidates should have experience across developing nonwoven technologies and materials, ideally coform or other wipes basesheet technologies (such as, spunlace, wetlaid, or airlaid) and will have a demonstrated ability to effectively interface with a broad range of global team members, customers, and manufacturing. Practical experience leading projects, working with internal customers and external vendors is also a strong preference.  The selected candidate will need to have strong leadership and interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to effectively interface with a broad range of team members, global customers, and manufacturing partners.

The Lead Scientist reports to the R&D Sr.

Research Manager and receives direction in the form of specific project objectives.

In one of our R&D roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

Job responsibilities include:



* Lead and support material and process development projects / programs in the area of wipes basesheet materials, in support of K-C’s global wet wipes businesses; Scope ranges from early front-end innovation through development and commercialization.


* Plan and carry out project responsibilities with limited assistance and direction; Communicate and document project plans and results to key customers.


* Provide functional guidance and leadership in the development, and ongoing optimization of nonwoven materials and processes.


* Seek, recognize, define and solve technical problems to determine root cause, develop and recommend solutions.


* Provide protection to technologies, processes, materials, and products through appropriate use of patents...