Research & Development Engineer

• Multinational Company Industrial/Manufacturing (Vallès Occidental)
• Research & Development Engineer

Multinational company leader in coated fibreglass yarns with proprietary technology located in Vallès Occidental.

The person will be an integral team member in the growth and innovation efforts of the North American cluster and will be in charge of:

• Developing new products and processes or modifying existing products in the Telecom & Energy portfolio to meet market and specific customer need.


• Demonstrated abilities to make long lasting relationships with current and new customers in effort to benefit both companies.


• Serve as project lead on new R&D projects that are strategic to growth and success of the business.


• Serve as liaison and subject matter expert between the business units and manufacturing locations both internal and external.


• Serve as technical resource to other upstream manufacturing technologies to improve current and new performance capabilities.

ProfessionalCareer & development

Skills & experience required:

• Bachelor's degree in Polymer science, Textile Engineering/Technology, Textile Science, Textile Design, Industrial Engineering/Design, Material Science or related field + 3 years' relevant work experience (or equivalent background and experience.


• Requires knowledge and hands-on experience in own discipline; Familiarity with the state-of-the-art technologies in extrusion, textile engineering and manufacturing, coatings, and common post-production techniques.


• Master's degree + 3 years' relevant experience is preferred.


• Experience in manufacturing and new product development of engineered yarns and fabrics using textile fibers and coatings. Particular experience in extrusion coating and die-design is preferred.


• Good communication skills and ability to interface with all stakeholders in the development process including customers, manufacturing associates across multiple locations, sales & marketing group, and other development engineers to successfully and efficiently expedite samples through processing while meeting company and customers' objectives and goals.


• Utilize product development stage-gate system to maintain the documentation necessary to implement new processes / products into commercial mainstream production.


• Experience in the capture of intellectual property as patents for materials, products and/or processes.


• Strong team orientation and ability to collaborate.


• Good presentation skills to convey project details (status, timelines, financial data, etc.).


• Ability to analyze samples and determine construction and yarn characteristic information into product specifications.


• Highly motivated, self-driven, and open-minded individual who is capable of accomplishing tasks and projects in a limited supervision environment


• Typical day trips to manufacturing locations but also overnight trips to customers or market events as required.


• Strong computer skills related to data entry and tracking (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)