Application Development Engineer

Role details

General Job Description

The Application Development Engineer (ADE) is a member of the commercial technology team and reports directly to the Director of Application Development. The ADE must communicate customer and market needs and initiate new technology development projects that enhance the value proposition of Hanwha AZDEL products and lead to the achievement of Hanwha AZDELs short and long term growth targets.

Core Duties and Responsibilities

Primary tasks include, but are not limited to, the following.

• Develop and leverage engineering relationships with OEM and customer stakeholders to identify and facilitate future growth opportunities.

• Secure new OEM material and performance specification approvals required for current and future use of Hanwha AZDEL materials.

• Achieve targeted growth of the Hanwha AZDEL business via increased penetration of Hanwha AZDEL commercial products into validated applications and translation into new applications and markets.

• Develop marketing and engineering support tools such as application translation guides, product positioning guides and product design guides to assist in the global translation of Hanwha AZDEL product technologies.

• Provide pre-production engineering support for awarded specifications to mitigate the risks of an unexpected SOP event.

• Identify new technology development opportunities via customer needs mapping, competitive assessment, DFMA and market related research.

• Develop Multi-Generation Application Development plans for responsible applications.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or 5yrs of Azdel Commercial Technology.

• 5-10 years’ experience as a plastic application development engineer, an automotive OEM release engineer or a product engineer at a supplier of automotive plastic parts.

• Demonstrated experience with and knowledge of automotive part application performance requirements and physical test methods/standards; and composite part and tooling design relationships.

• Strong comprehension and utilization of MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word with experience in using basic data analysis and interpretation tools

• Incumbent must possess strong interpersonal, team and customer presentation skills; and knowledge of automotive quality systems.

• A demonstrated ability to effectively make decisions; set clear measurable and aggressive objectives for projects and programs; break complex problems into manageable tasks; and define end dates and meet deadlines is essential.

Preferred Qualifications

• The Ideal candidate will be a highly motivated, self-starter with strong communication skills, both oral and written who demonstrates the ability to influence in a highly matrixed organization.

• The ideal candidate will have previous experience with the design, development and validation of Headliner, Overhead Systems, Pillars or other Automotive Interior Trim components.

Pay: $80,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) 6% Match
• AD&D insurance
• Bereavement leave
• Dental insurance
• Dependent health insurance coverage
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid jury duty
• Paid sick time
• Parental leave
• Partner benefits
• Prescription drug insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person