Product Development Engineer

We at KEMET, a YAGEO Group company, help make a wide variety of products possible in the world's most rapidly expanding industries.

Founded in 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, with over 100 years of technological innovation, we manufacture capacitors and other components for computing, telecommunications, medical, aerospace, defense, and automotive markets. Our components are found in spacecrafts and defibrillators - from outer space to inside our bodies, and in products we use every day. We have the broadest selection of capacitor technologies in the industry, including an expanding range of electromechanical devices and electromagnetic compatibility solutions.

YAGEO Group / KEMET Electronics is seeking a New Product Development Engineer to lead product and process development initiatives within our Simpsonville Innovation Center for Tantalum Polymer Capacitors. In this role, you will work at the intersection of research, engineering, and manufacturing to develop next‑generation electronic components and advanced materials solutions. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence the entire innovation cycle, from concept development and experimental design to pilot‑scale implementation and manufacturing launch.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across R&D, engineering, operations, quality, and manufacturing to bring new technologies from the laboratory to commercial reality. Whether your background is in advanced materials, manufacturing, semiconductor processing, automation, product development, electrochemistry, reliability engineering, or process engineering, we encourage you to apply.

• Lead technical development projects from concept through implementation.
• Design, plan, and execute experiments to evaluate new products, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Analyze data, draw technical conclusions, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Explore and evaluate emerging technologies that enable next‑generation capacitor and materials solutions.
• Collaborate with engineers, scientists, technicians, machinist, and manufacturing teams to develop innovative products and processes.
• Work with a dedicated lab facility, pilot manufacturing equipment, and automation systems with support from advanced analytical groups and multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Develop and optimize testing methods, process controls, and performance evaluation techniques.
• Support scale‑up activities from laboratory and pilot operations to full manufacturing implementation.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of existing products, processes, and manufacturing capabilities.

• Lead technical development projects from concept through implementation.
• Design, plan, and execute experiments to evaluate new products, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Analyze data, draw technical conclusions, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Explore and evaluate emerging technologies that enable next‑generation capacitor and materials solutions.
• Collaborate with engineers, scientists, technicians, machinist, and manufacturing teams to develop innovative products and processes.
• Work with a dedicated lab facility, pilot manufacturing equipment, and automation systems with support from advanced analytical groups and multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Develop and optimize testing methods, process controls, and performance evaluation techniques.
  
  Support scale‑up activities from laboratory and pilot operations to full manufacturing implementation.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of existing products, processes, and manufacturing capabilities.

• Full Time

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

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