Employer: Kuraray America, Inc.
Job Title: Technical Sales & Development (TS&D) Engineer
Location: 11500 Bay Area Blvd., Pasadena, TX 77507
Duties:- Support Technical Service & Development (TSD) goals for research and technical service to all internal and external customers leading to increased sales of EVAL copolymer resin and film products.
- Provide technical service to select EVAL customers to fulfill all technical needs pertaining to EVAL resins and barrier materials in product portfolio, and to support scale-up of new EVAL resins produced.
- Scale-up new product technologies from Research & Development (R&D) stage to Production scale trials of compounded products.
- Develop new applications for EVAL resins and other Kuraray barrier technologies.
- Conduct technical exchange meetings and general technical training for customers to establish and maintain basic competency for processing EVAL resins.
- Facilitate expedient specialized testing and provide responsive on-site support.
- Develop new applications for EVAL resins and support the projects into initial sales for handoff to the commercial team.
- Support manufacturing development and scale-up of new EVAL grades and service products by melt compounding.
- Translate market requirements into technical targets and communicate this internally.
- Research technologies, conduct feasibility testing, estimate production cost, build prototypes, and sample customers.
- Verify the improved property performance of modified EVAL resins to meet technical requirements.
- Research intellectual property for barrier packaging applications to determine new opportunities and identify competitive threats to EVAL business.
- Ensure conformance to safety policies and training requirements.
Requirements:- Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, polymer engineering, or related field; plus 5 years of experience in job offered or in a position involving industrial polymer development.
- Experience in commercializing EVAL and Plantic materials, including technical presentations, promotion of new products, application engineering, and solution implementation for customer use-scenarios.
- Experience in developing processing technologies for EVOH copolymers and biomass-derived gas barrier materials.
- Knowledge of the basic structural, mechanical, and chemical characteristics of EVAL resins; polymer-processing technology; chemical and physical testing; regulatory affairs; and end-use applications.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) technical EVAL resin and film specifications and concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders and customers.
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