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Weekly Digest · Issue No. 15 · September 18, 2026

Entry level roles made up 23 percent of the 541 new jobs posted this week, with 126 open across 391 companies. Just over half of all postings, 52 percent, listed a salary.

The Story This Week

A genuinely good week to be early-career. Standouts:

Manufacturing Process Engineer - McKinney, TX
Raytheon | McKinney, TX ($57K-$108K)
Quality Control Plant Chemist
Sherwin-Williams | Charlotte, NC ($68K-$85K)
Quality Engineer Intern
Nile Automotive Group GA LLC | Cumming, GA ($37K-$45K)
541
New Jobs
391
Companies
52%
Post Salary
$90-120K
Median Range

Readers opened 1,816 roles 7,548 times this week and logged 39 applications. Most opened: Director/Sr Director, Long-Acting Injectable & Bio-Nano Interface Characterization at Eli Lilly.

Movers vs last week
▲ Electronic materials +6▼ Composites -80▼ Coatings/films -30▼ Thermoplastics -30

Top Pick This Week

$86K-$133K listed · BS-level
Research Chemist
Stepan Company | Northfield, IL | $86K-$133K
Synthesize polymers and formulate polyurethane foams, run NMR/FTIR/GPC/TGA, and scale up polyol processes.
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Quick Picks

MATERIALS ENGINEER – DAYS – #2173
Optical Cable Corporation | Roanoke, VA ($59K-$99K)
Senior Application Engineer- Powder Coating Application Technology
Sherwin-Williams | Minneapolis, MN ($106K-$136K)
Experienced or Senior Finishes and Corrosion Protection Engineer
Boeing | North Charleston, SC ($112K-$151K)

Material Match

Work with Monomers? These companies are hiring for it this week:

Certification Watch

The most frequently mentioned certifications and standards:

ISO 23
PPAP 22

The Unicorn

Out of 541 postings this week, exactly one asks for Routine Testing And Characterization Of Experimental Samples. If that's you, this role has your name on it:

R&D Process Technician
Hoya Group | Ramsey, MN

Overheard in a Job Description

“In billions of syringes and in every second car worldwide, Datwyler components make an important contribution to the safety of patients and drivers.”

From a real posting: Process Engineer at Dätwyler.

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Brenden, Crosslinked

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