Kalrez® Custom Parts Design Engineer

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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

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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]

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