SR R&D/PRODUCT DVL ENGINEER

Job Overview

As an R&D/Product Development Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing and growing the capabilities and services of balloons provided by the Components group, primarily with Balloons (extrusion and forming). This will be a fast-paced role where we design new products for new and existing markets, qualify tooling, and specify new capital equipment investments. You will also work alongside with Operations and parallel R&D teams to understand design criteria to optimize quality and maximize throughout. 

Responsibilities & Required Skills

Responsibilities:

•    Implement and grow new technology of Balloons (extrusion and forming)
•    Procure & qualify capital equipment, tooling, and fixtures for development and manufacturing
•    Subject matter expert in the material properties of thermoplastic polymers and balloon forming processes to ensure optimized design inputs and outputs
•    Support development of equipment, process, and measurement strategy as related to Balloons
•    Plans, organizes, and manages related projects and staff as appropriate
•    Train, mentor, and provide direction to Operators and Technicians.
•    Support sustainable operations as a subject matter expert
•    Design and integrate related test methods
•    Understand customers’ applications and design products to meet application demands
•    Lead the development of balloon forming equipment, process, and measurement strategy
•    Directly review and validate the measurement results of development balloon runs 
•    Collaborate across operations and engineering teams to build consensus, summarize data to drive progress, to draws conclusions, and to create recommendations

Qualifications: 

•    Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Material Science, or other related fields.
•    A minimum of 5 years of industry experience in a manufacturing environment
•    Extrusion/Injection molding/related experience preferred
•    Innovative idea-generator who enjoys leading teams and mentoring others
•    Problem-solving mindset backed up by solid statistical analysis skills
•    Self-starter, self-motivator with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
•    1+ years of experience of indirectly providing direction to support technicians is preferred
•    IQ/OQ/PQ experience a plus
•    Six Sigma, lean certification a plus
•    SAP experience a plus 

Competencies