Japan Idemitsu Kosan Osan R&D Center to Recruit Local Talent

Recruitment of 10-20 People Within the Year at the Request of Osan Mayor Lee Gwon-jae

Japanese organic light-emitting diode (OLED) company Idemitsu Kosan is hiring local talent for its research and development (R&D) center being established in Osan, Gyeonggi Province.

According to Osan City on the 11th, Idemitsu Advanced Materials Korea, the R&D subsidiary of Idemitsu Kosan, plans to recruit 10 to 20 new employees within the year in the field of OLED material research and development.

Lee Gwon-jae, Mayor of Osan (right), is shaking hands with the management of Idemitsu Kosan who visited Osan City last year. Idemitsu Kosan plans to hire 10 to 20 local talents to work at the Osan R&D Center.
[Photo by Osan City]

Applicants must hold a master's degree or higher in science or engineering and have research and development experience related to OLED materials and devices. The hired employees will be responsible for designing and synthesizing molecules such as light-emitting, electron transport, and hole transport materials that make up OLED devices, as well as fabricating and evaluating EL (Electro Luminescence cell) devices through OLED material combinations.

This recruitment plan was reportedly finalized following a request made during Osan Mayor Lee Kwon-jae's visit to Idemitsu Kosan in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, in September last year. At that time, Mayor Lee emphasized the necessity of local hiring to encourage talent return, and the company accepted this, deciding to proceed with new recruitment.

Idemitsu Kosan is a petrochemical and materials company with annual sales of approximately 95 trillion won, producing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials. The company is known to plan expanding its product portfolio to include battery and semiconductor materials in the future.

The company is establishing its first overseas R&D subsidiary in Naesammi-dong, Osan, and is promoting the construction of the center. Separately from this new recruitment, a total of 34 personnel, including 26 research staff and 8 resident employees, are expected to work at the Osan R&D center.