Product Design Engineer - Technical Service Engineer

"We connect science to life for a better future."

With 50,000 patents, 20,000 employees and 58 locations worldwide, LG Chem is one of the largest science and chemical companies in the world. With its rapid growth, LG Chem endeavors to become a 'Global Top 5 Chemical Company' with a balanced business portfolio that has a competitive advantage across the globe, including business divisions in petrochemicals, advanced materials, life sciences, and a subsidiary specializing in batteries.

LG Chem is a leading chemical company in Korea that has continuously achieved growth through relentless challenges and innovation since its establishment in 1947. From the in frangible facial cream lid to the world’s most advanced batteries, LG Chem has turned dreams into reality and enriched our lives for 70 years. Building upon a balanced and globally competitive business portfolio, LG Chem manufactures a wide range of products from high-value added petrochemicals to renewable plastics, specializing in cutting-edge electronic and battery materials such as cathodes, as well as drugs and vaccines to deliver differentiated solutions for its customers.

Beyond a chemical company, LG Chem will become a leading science-oriented corporation that creates value for our customers and is committed to reaching carbon-neutral growth by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050 by managing the impacts of climate change and making positive contributions to society through renewable energy and responsible supply chains.

We are actively searching for a Product Design Engineer (Technical Service Engineer) with Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or Plastics experience to liaison between our products and clients. In this role the Product Design Engineer will have a mechanical engineering background such as Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace / Automotive / Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Precision Engineering and Design or others and will work directly with our client in the Automotive, Home Appliance or Consumer product industries.

• Research and develop the advanced product design process and technology such as design optimization, plastic assembly design, Computer Aided Engineering (Structural, Vibration, heat flow/deformation, flow analysis), advance material testing and numerical analysis (ex. High strain rate, fatigue, creep, residual stress, etc), Metal & PC/ABS replacement design, Plastic life cycle assessments, fractography, Product assessment tools & methods, Benchmarking & Reverse engineering, root cause analysis, etc.
• Communicate with customers and feedback the solution on / off line
• Investigate, research the new technology and find practical solutions for customers
• Design the experiments, testing methods, CAE (
  ABAQUS
  , ANSYIS, LS-Dyna), Pre & Post Process (Hyperworks, CATIA) and schedule, implement it in time
• Strong background in problem solving, using multiple analytical procedures to identify and characterize product design problems
• Prepare technical reports, data summaries and other technical documents
• Plan and set up the new equipment, tools at CS Campus, etc.
• Manage the lab (materials, machines, facilities) and set up SOP (Safety Operating Process Manuals)
• Hold a product design seminar for customers and training the junior, sales, CS staff
• Communicate and collaborate with HQ (suggest or given task), make up the technical road map

Bachelor’s or master’s degrees in mechanical engineering relevant fields such as Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace / Automotive / Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Precision Engineering and Design, etc. highly preferred

• 5+ years of experience of product design, computer aided engineering (FEA/CAE analysis), advanced material testing, numerical analysis or relavant fields at OEM or Tier 1 of automotive
  , highly preferred.
• Experience in ABAQUS or relavant Finite Element Analysis (FEA) program like NASTRAN, PAM Crash, LS-Dyna, ANSYS, PATRAN, etc higly preferred.
• Experice in Hyperworks…