Materials Project Engineer- Rubber/Elastomer Formulation

About the role

The Materials Technology Product Development Engineer will develop and commercialize products that leverage advanced materials, with a primary focus on rubber and elastomer formulation. This role involves working closely with product development teams to create new and revised products, materials, and components for Victaulic and its subsidiaries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and commercialize new and revised products, materials, and components for Victaulic and its subsidiaries.
• Gain experience in rubber and plastic part product design, technical knowledge in polymer and elastomer processing, and instrumental analysis of chemicals and polymers (FTIR, DMA, DSC, TGA, Tensile, Mooney Viscosity, Cure Rheometry, etc).
• Interfacing with Marketing/Sales to refine concepts to meet customer requirements.
• Facilitating a multi-departmental team (formal or informal) in the test and validation of non-metallic sub-assemblies and products from execution of detailed design all the way through commercialization.
• Solving design problems, scrutinizing and reviewing detailed cost estimates, and leading a design review to assure customer and performance requirements.
• Participating in tooling selection and approval of tooling based on samples, and evaluating pilot production runs and problem-solving.
• Leading technical literature preparation and approval.

Requirements

• BS in Chemical, Materials, or Polymer Engineering. MS in one of these fields is a plus.
• BS, MS in Mechanical Engineering with experience in rubber/elastomers or plastics/polymers will be considered.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in rubber/elastomer compound formulation and development required.
• Knowledge of polymeric material testing and failure analysis, including rubber-specific test methods (Mooney viscosity, cure rheometry, compression set, durometer hardness).
• Thermoplastic and thermoset materials knowledge — from commodity grades to complex engineering grades — is a plus; rubber/elastomer formulation experience is the core requirement for this role.
• Experience with rubber molding processes (compression, transfer, or injection molding of elastomers).
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills to resolve technical issues.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong computer skills in standard MS Office products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for part optimization with polymer-based products and materials a plus.
• Able to run analysis with Mold Flow Insight a plus.
• Able to travel globally as required, up to 25%.

Qualifications

• BS in Chemical, Materials, or Polymer Engineering. MS in one of these fields is a plus.
• BS, MS in Mechanical Engineering with experience in rubber/elastomers or plastics/polymers will be considered.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in rubber/elastomer compound formulation and development required.
• Knowledge of polymeric material testing and failure analysis, including rubber-specific test methods (Mooney viscosity, cure rheometry, compression set, durometer hardness).
• Thermoplastic and thermoset materials knowledge — from commodity grades to complex engineering grades — is a plus; rubber/elastomer formulation experience is the core requirement for this role.
• Experience with rubber molding processes (compression, transfer, or injection molding of elastomers).
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills to resolve technical issues.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong computer skills in standard MS Office products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for part optimization with polymer-based products and materials a plus.
• Able to run analysis with Mold Flow Insight a plus.
• Able to travel globally as required, up to 25%.

Skills

• Knowledge of polymeric material testing and failure analysis, including rubber-specific test methods (Mooney viscosity, cure rheometry, compression set, durometer hardness).
• Thermoplastic and thermoset materials knowledge — from commodity grades to complex engineering grades.
• Experience with rubber molding processes (compression, transfer, or injection molding of elastomers).
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Verbal/written communication and presentation skills.
• Computer skills in standard MS Office products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for part optimization with polymer-based products and materials.
• Ability to run analysis with Mold Flow Insight.

Benefits

Victaulic offers a full benefits package which includes: comprehensive healthcare coverage, paid time off plans, paid holidays, 401K with company match, company paid short-term disability, company paid life insurance, company paid EAP program, tuition reimbursement, and adoption assistance.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

N/A