Sr. Product Development Engineer

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Help grow our Proxxima

TM polyolefin thermoset system business. These resin formulations are based on cyclic C5 monomers and other proprietary monomers and additives. Our catalyst formulations have strong foundations in Nobel Prize-winning technology developed by Professor Robert Grubbs and his research team. This powerful combination produces polymers that have the capability to outperform today’s thermoset composite solutions across a broad set of everyday applications such as wind turbine blades, electric vehicle parts, construction, and anticorrosion coatings.

Your role is to develop new Proxxima

TM polyolefin thermoset products exhibiting differentiated performance in target applications. Core to this role is the ability to develop structure-property relationships between additives (monomer, rubber, plasticize rs, diluents, catalyst, formulations, processing, cure state, etc.) and ultimate performance. This is a great chance to help shape the future of polyolefin thermosets and develop the governing understanding for product in a growing business.

Your office is at the Baytown Technology and Engineering Complex located in Baytown, Texas. However, a significant part of your time will be spent collaborating with commercial colleagues located at the Exxon Mobil Campus in Spring, Texas, as well as occasionally traveling in North America and internationally to support customer trials.

• Develop fundamental understanding of polymer product relationships between molecular structure, processing, and properties aimed at developing new products and applications.
• Writing technical reports, white papers, articles for publication, collateral, and/or patents.
• Progress new projects to commercialization using rigorous stage / gate process.
• Provides expertise and consults for major troubleshooting and quality improvements of commercial operation at customers and Proxxima manufacturing sites.
• Support process development through product structure – property relationship development, seeking to optimize process/plant performance.
• Strong interface with the Business team, Process Engineering and Manufacturing groups.
• Identify and acquire capital equipment / technology required to scale-up products from laboratory / pilot scale to commercial applications.

Minimum Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum B.S., preferably, M.S. or Ph.D. in Polymer Science, Materials Science, Chemistry, or Chemical Engineering
• 5-10 yrs. industrial work experience developing polydicyclopentadiene (poly DCPD) thermoset formulations or similar high Tg thermosets
• Demonstrated expertise in statistics, analytical techniques and problem solving
• Proficient in use of computers and possess excellent administrative and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal, analytical and communication skills
• Must be hands on and willing to conduct own lab work with limited technician support
• Good team player and self-motivated

Preferred Qualifications / Experience

• Fundamental understanding of thermoset polymer structure-property relationships
• Fundamental understanding of performance enhancing additives such as rubbers and plasticize rs
• Fundamental understanding in polymerization reaction kinetics, particularly those related to ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) or general chain growth polymerization
• Knowledge of major thermoset markets and applications
• Knowledge of common thermoset…