DuPont
Date posted: 2025-04-09
Start date: 2025-06-03
Location: 200 Powder Mill Road, Wilmington, DE 19803, US
Full/Part time: Full Time
Job Description
The Kalrez® business is seeking to expand our portfolio through targeted growth partnerships with OEMs and Fabs in the US. We need an individual with strong materials (elastomers) expertise, design and problem-solving skills. While also having the ability to cultivate deeper relationships with R&D experts and designers at key customer accounts in region. The individual in this new role will report directly to the Americas Kalrez® Technical Service Leader. This individual will partner closely with the US Sales and TS&D teams on new Custom Parts Designs. Role to be located in Experimental Station (Wilmington, DE) or SVTC (Sunnyvale, CA).
Responsibilities
• Works closely with our Application Engineering, Commercial Teams and our customers to design Kalrez® custom parts and associated tooling.
• Designs parts that meet customer needs while paying close attention to part manufacturability.
• Responsibility for part and part family design.
• Leads the preparation of conceptual design, provide overall design discipline leadership and coordinate within their functional processes.
• Coordinates the design, develops design estimates and tracks costs during the design process.
• Mentors less experienced engineers, designers, or contractors and works with outside firms as needed.
• Occasional travel (Customer visits, vendors and trade shows)
Requirements
• Experience in rubber industry and/or polymer science
• 5+ years in a design, manufacturing or R&D environment
• Capable of using CAD for new custom part and tools designs
• Has at least a BS in mechanical or materials engineering (or commensurate industry experience)
• Leading and executing growth projects associated with unsolved customer needs in high performance sealing applications, requiring a strong aptitude for design, process technology, and teamwork.
• Interacting with internal and external R&D scientists & engineers, Sales Account Leaders, TS&D experts, Custom Parts designers, and Portfolio/Product Leaders, etc in Kalrez® and broader E&I as needed.
• FEA knowledge and experience a plus
• R&D Project or portfolio management is a plus
Salary/Wages
Commensurate with experience
Contact Information
Phone: 302-593-3806
Email: [email protected]