Senior Materials Engineer

How You'll Help Us Connect the World

• Collaborate with product design engineers and product managers to develop material specifications tailored to product requirements.
• Work closely with the manufacturing and purchasing organizations to execute material substitution, replacement and cost reduction projects.
• Coordinate and supervise validation testing of materials for a variety of network applications and operating environments.
• Provide expert advice and consultation on polymer material selection to product design engineers and cross-functional development teams.
• Develop sophisticated materials solutions for fiber optic interconnect product designs.
• Read, interpret and apply relevant industry standards and test methodologies.

• B.S. in Polymer Engineering or Materials Science
• Three or more years of experience with selecting and qualifying resins for injection molded components.
• Experience with polymer additive technology (antioxidants, stabilizers, pigments, dyes, etc.) for polyolefins, engineering polymers and other resin systems
• Polymer melt processing experiences such as extrusion, injection molding or other molding processes

• An advanced engineering degree
• Independent, motivated, organized and resourceful with excellent communication and skills to work with maximum effectiveness within a team
• Experience leading all aspects of physical, mechanical, environmental, and chemical testing of polymers to meet industry and product requirements.
• Experience with elastomers
• Industry contacts and knowledge of polymer resin manufacturing