**Job Description:**

The **Research Associate III** will be primarily responsible for independently designing, executing, and documenting laboratory experiments to validate product performance, reliability, and shelf life. This role collaborates with senior R&D leadership to improve experimental methods, support new product development, and evaluate competitive technologies, while ensuring compliance with established laboratory practices, and quality standards.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Under very limited supervision, designs research experiments in collaboration with department leadership. Carries out experiments using appropriate equipment, techniques, and protocols. Applies good laboratory practices.
+ Primarily independently, carries out experiments that scientifically confirm product performance, reliability, and shelf life.
+ Identifies deficiencies and modifies/improves existing procedures.
+ Plans a schedule of research ...