Color Scientist

Hempel
Dallas, TX
Color Scientist

Location: Dallas, TX or Conroe, TX

Reports to: Research & Development Manager

Do You Dream of Working in a Fast-Paced Environment Where Your Initiative Drives Success? Are You Ready to Drive Change Through Innovation and Responsible Action?

The Color Scientist is responsible for supporting the development, matching, and maintenance of color formulations within the coatings segment. This role ensures accuracy, consistency, and efficiency in color processes through technical execution, database management, and cross-functional collaboration. The Color Scientist provides insight to internal teams, distributors, and customers while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and supporting commercial/regional projects.

Do You Want to Be Part of a Global Team Where Collaboration Drives Success?

What you need to be successful in this role:
  • Execution-oriented: delivers tasks with precision and timeliness.
  • Collaborative: partners with peers, distributors, and cross-functional teams.
  • Technical: focuses on accuracy of formulas, testing, and data.
  • Supportive: assist with training and documentation but does not own strategy or leadership responsibilities
  • Adaptability- Demonstrates adaptability and resilience by effectively adjusting to frequent changes in priorities, systems, and processes, while embracing new implementations to ensure continued alignment with organizational objectives.
Key Responsibilities
  • Execute color development, color matching, and tinting requests for R&D, distributors, customers and commercial.
  • Support maintenance of color databases (Synergy T3, LargoMatch, LargoTint, etc.), ensuring formulas are accurate, current, and aligned with regional/global standards.
  • Conduct testing, evaluation, and troubleshooting of color formulations to resolve technical issues including customer complaints.
  • Conduct database audits, identifying and correcting shade duplications, missing reflectance data, or misalignments.
  • Support distributor launches by preparing formulas, files, and training materials.
  • Support product launches as needed based on color database requirements
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (R&D, Technical Service, Operations, Marketing, Sales) to deliver color solutions.
  • Assist with training, documentation, and technical support to internal staff and distributor personnel.
  • Contribute to the development of SOPs and knowledge-transfer documents for sustainable processes.
  • Participate in projects aimed at improving efficiency, standardization, optimization, and productivity in alignment with global color lab systems.
  • Independently work and manage multiple projects with varying timelines.
  • Troubleshoot color database related issues at off-site locations
  • Travel requirement
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in chemistry, Materials Science, or related field (or equivalent technical experience).
  • Color matching and color theory experience is required
  • 2-4 years of experience in a coatings or chemical manufacturing environment with focus on color matching, tinting, or formulation.
  • Hands-on experience with color database software and spectrophotometer.
  • Strategic thinker with a detail-oriented and proactive approach.
  • Proficiency in spoken English and Spanish is considered a plus.
  • Team members have the option to work a 4/10 schedule - four 10-hour days per week with one weekday off.
  • Please note, we do not offer sponsorship for this role. Must be authorized to work in the US.
Sounds like a match?

Welcome to apply! Click the 'Apply for position' button at the top of the page and submit your application letter with a CV in English via our recruitment system.

Application due
2026-01-30
Seniority Level
Associate
Job Functions
Production, Product Management, Research
Industry

Chemicals

At Hempel, you're welcomed to a global community of +7000 colleagues around the world. A workplace built on shared trust, mutual respect and support for each other.

We're on a mission to double our impact. To succeed, we need bright minds and team players. Which is why, from day one, your input, ideas and initiative are not only welcomed, but expected. In return, you will enjoy great opportunities for development in a growing global company - and be part of the solution by contributing to our global impact.

At Hempel, we are committed to everyone feeling safe, valued and treated equally, in an environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work. We believe that inclusion is key to innovation and by bringing together the most diverse perspectives and talents, we can achieve great things, together.
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