Associate Chemical Engineer, Sustaining R&D

About the Role

A Sustaining R&D Associate Chemical Engineer is involved in design, product improvement, testing, and analysis utilizing a variety of chemical engineering disciplines. As a member of the Sustaining R&D team, you will verify, validate, and implement design changes to currently marketed products. This role supports cross-functional initiatives—including product development, quality, manufacturing, customer service, sales, marketing, and procurement—to enhance product performance, quality, customer satisfaction, and cost-efficiency while ensuring compliance with internal quality systems and applicable EPA and FDA regulations in the consumable medical device and antimicrobial pesticide industry.

Responsibilities

• Supports all initiatives related to R&D Sustaining Engineering under very general supervision.
• Collaborates with project team members and other functional departments to assess, verify, validate, and implement product design changes to currently marketed products in alignment with internal design change procedures.
• Creates and conducts design verifications, validation protocols, and reports.
• Reviews and evaluates design change requests to products to support changes in manufacturing processes, packaging, and labeling.
• Provides input on Risk Management activities as per company procedures.
• Performs product testing, evaluation, failure analysis, and investigation of customer returns.
• Interacts with suppliers and factory regarding product technical issues when required.
• Creates and/or modifies product design, specifications, drawings, procedures, CAD models (SolidWorks/AutoCAD), and Engineering Change Requests in accordance with quality system procedures.
• Collects and provides product design feedback to engineering and production operations personnel.
• Investigates customer complaints and field failures, develops solutions, and implements them into production in accordance with internal quality system procedures, including interfacing with the Customer Care Team and sometimes customers.
• Prepares cost estimates on proposed major design products.

Approximately 5% travel will be required for this position.