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R&D Assistant

City: Shanghai

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

The R&D Assistant sits in China IW Condom category RD team, plays an essential role in leading the condom NPD/EPD projects, BDI’s & other initiatives such as maintenance activities. The role requires practical, technical & organisational skills and the ability to work independently within a multi-disciplinary project team whilst having strong ownership of key aspects of the project. They work in close collaboration with the wider R&D matrix & with other functions in the business, to ensure we meet needs of both the China & Reckitt business.

Your responsibilities

• Support new product development through extensive laboratory work, including experimental design, formulation research, laboratory testing, and hands-on operation of lab equipment throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Conduct formulation development and optimization, including raw material screening, formulation trials, process parameter studies, and evaluation of product performance.
• Perform and document experiments, such as lab trial, process validation, and stability studies, ensuring scientific rigor and data reliability.
• Be responsible for design transfer during product development, ensuring the reliability and robustness of formulations and manufacturing processes from pilot to production scale.
• At appropriate milestones during development, ensure that all relevant product specifications and internal documentation are completed and approved; author design documentation, experimental reports, and risk management files throughout the product development process.
• Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and good documentation practices, applying a “right-first-time” laboratory and quality mindset to strengthen quality awareness.
• Develop new products with a consumer-centric and digital mindset, and present experimental results and product concepts in a clear, visualized manner.
• Always take responsibility for workplace safety, health, and environmental protection, especially chemical and laboratory safety, to ensure an accident-free and positive working environment.

The experience we're looking for

• At least a master’s degree in Materials, Chemistry, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, or other related science and engineering disciplines.
• Fresh graduates, or candidates with relevant experience in product development roles within the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) or medical device industries; hands-on laboratory experience and 1–3 years of R&D experience are preferred.
• Willingness to accept a certain level of business travel (~20%) and flexibility for laboratory trials, pilot runs, and production line commissioning activities.
• Strong adaptability, with continuous learning capability and learning agility.
• Solid data analysis and data interpretation skills, especially for experimental and laboratory data.
• Good command of written and spoken English.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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