Job Title: Executive-R&D;
R&D; – Oral Care Products (Formulation & Development)
Experience: min 6 months

Department: Research & Development (R&D;)
Industry: Dental Products & Oral Care Manufacturing
Job Function: Formulation Development, New Product Development (NPD), Product Optimization and Technical Support
Reporting To: Head – R&D; / R&D; Manager

1. Job Purpose

To research, formulate, develop, optimize and validate dental and oral-care products, ensuring product quality, performance, stability, safety, cost-effectiveness and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. Responsible for new product development, laboratory trials and successful technology transfer to commercial manufacturing.

2. Key Roles & Responsibilities

A. Research & New Product Development (NPD)

· Research and develop new dental materials, professional dental products and oral-care formulations.

· Conduct literature reviews, patent searches, and market research.

· Identify new raw materials, technologies and product development opportunities.

B. Formulation Development & Optimization

· Select suitable active ingredients, excipients, polymers, gelling agents, preservatives, stabilizers, surfactants, flavours and other functional ingredients.

· Conduct compatibility studies and optimize formulations for pH, viscosity, rheology, thixotropy, consistency, flowability, homogeneity, solubility and product performance.

· Troubleshoot formulation issues such as phase separation, precipitation, sedimentation, discolouration and instability.

· Improve existing formulations for better performance, stability and cost-effectiveness.

C. Laboratory Trials & Product Evaluation

· Plan and execute laboratory-scale trials and prepare prototype batches.





· Perform physical, chemical and functional evaluations of developed products.

· Conduct comparative studies against market-available products.

· Coordinate with QC for analytical testing, specifications and product evaluation.

· Analyse results and implement necessary formulation modifications.

D. Stability & Product Validation

· Conduct accelerated and real-time stability studies.

· Monitor appearance, colour, odour, pH, viscosity, consistency and other critical quality attributes.

· Evaluate packaging compatibility and shelf-life requirements.

· Establish product specifications and acceptance criteria in coordination with QC/QA.

E. Scale-Up & Manufacturing Support

· Transfer optimized formulations from laboratory to pilot and commercial production.

· Establish manufacturing processes, mixing sequences, processing parameters and batch instructions.

· Support production trials, process optimization and troubleshooting.

· Ensure formulation reproducibility and consistency during commercial manufacturing.

F. Technical Documentation

· Prepare and maintain formulation development reports, laboratory trial reports, product specifications, stability reports, SOPs, batch manufacturing instructions, TDS and IFU.

· Maintain raw material records, formulation history and product development documentation.





· Support regulatory and technical documentation requirements.

G. Interdepartmental Coordination

· Coordinate with Production for manufacturing trials, scale-up and process improvement.

· Coordinate with QC/QA for testing, specifications, stability and quality compliance.

· Coordinate with Purchase for raw material sourcing and vendor evaluation.

· Work with Marketing and Sales for market requirements, customer feedback and competitor analysis.

· Provide technical support for product complaints and existing product improvements.

3. Quality & Regulatory Compliance

· Ensure compliance with applicable ISO standards, regulatory requirements and internal quality procedures.

· Follow relevant requirements of ISO 13485, ISO 14971 and ISO 10993, wherever applicable.

· Maintain valuable laboratory practices, chemical safety and proper sample traceability.

4. Required Skills & Qualifications

· Ph.D. or M.Sc./ Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Industrial Chemistry / Polymer Chemistry/Chemical Engineering or related discipline or Knowledge of formulation chemistry, dental materials, polymers, excipients and oral-care technologies.

5. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

· Successful development and commercialization of new products.

· Timely completion of formulation trials and NPD projects.

· Optimization and improvement of existing products.

· Successful scale-up and technology transfer to Production.

· Product stability, quality and batch-to-batch consistency.

· Timely completion of technical documentation.

· Effective resolution of formulation and manufacturing issues.

Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

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