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Senior Product Development Engineer
- ID
- 14929
- Location
- Galway
- Role Type
- Contract
- Contact
- Emma Griffin
Senior Product Development Engineer
Senior Product Development Engineer
Contract Role
Rate €50-€80 per hour depending on experience
Galway
As an R&D/Product Development Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing and growing the capabilities and services provided by the Polymers Extrusion team, primarily with Balloons (extrusion and forming). This will be a fast-paced role where we will design, order, and qualify tooling and capital equipment related to Balloons extrusion. You will also work alongside with Operations and R&D customers to understand design criteria in order to optimize quality and maximize throughout.
Contract Role
Rate €50-€80 per hour depending on experience
Galway
As an R&D/Product Development Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing and growing the capabilities and services provided by the Polymers Extrusion team, primarily with Balloons (extrusion and forming). This will be a fast-paced role where we will design, order, and qualify tooling and capital equipment related to Balloons extrusion. You will also work alongside with Operations and R&D customers to understand design criteria in order to optimize quality and maximize throughout.
Responsibilities:
- Implement and grow new technology of Balloons (extrusion and forming)
- Procure & qualify capital equipment, tooling, and fixtures for manufacturing
- Understand the material properties of thermoset polymers and balloon forming processes to ensure optimized design inputs and outputs
- Support development of equipment, process, and measurement strategy as related to Balloons
- Quality engineering responsibilities including continuous improvement through NCM/CAPA processes as it relates to raw and finished materials
- Plans, organizes, and manages related projects and staff as appropriate
- Train, mentor, and provide direction to Operators and Technicians.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Material Science, or other related fields.
- A minimum of 3-5 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.
- 2+ years of experience directly or indirectly managing technical staff
- IQ/OQ/PQ experience a plus
- Six Sigma, lean certification a plus
- SAP experience a plus
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