Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kotex®, Poise® and Depend®. 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

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the subject matter expert for the development, validation, implementation and ongoing management of analytical, physical and/or microbiological test methods

• Manage and maintain the lifecycle of analytical, physical and/or microbiological test methods, to ensure optimal performance and compliance

• Develop, draft and lead the execution of method validation, verification and/or transfer protocols and datasheets within project timelines

• Work collaboratively with global testing teams to apply analytical knowledge to solve a variety of problems involving new products, process problems, failure analysis, customer complaints, and intellectual property

• Provide guidance, coaching and training as required

• Oversee the stability and performance testing of formulated products, including developing and updating test methods, reviewing and assessing external regulatory standards and ensuring compliance with internal quality requirements.

• Review, verify and approve records and documents, ensuring data integrity, accuracy and compliance.

• Champion continuous improvement in the laboratory by enhancing quality standards and streamlining workflows for greater efficiency.

• Collaborate with other Kimberly-Clark scientists and product developers to develop test plans and support product development activities.

• Effectively communicate project plans and results to internal customers through documenting work and publishing formal technical reports.

• Provide protection to internally developed methodologies and technologies through the appropriate use of patents and trade secrets.

• Be able to role model “work safely” in a lab environment, complying with all rules and regulations.

• Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences, and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor or advanced degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related field. Fresh graduates are welcomed to apply.

• 2-4 years of analytical experience in the area of Liquid/Gas chromatography and Mass spectrometry.

• Must have experience in applying methods within the area of UPLC, HPLC, GC, GCMS.

• Experience with USP<51> and USP<61>.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with validation, verification and transfer of analytical test methods

• Good understanding of the laboratory workflows, industrial practices and regulatory requirements for laboratory equipment and maintenance

• Experience with managing stability studies and analytical and metrology equipment, data analysis is an added advantage

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.