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Product Engineer for Automotive Textiles Manufacturer
Company Information:
This leading material solution provider to automotive interior trim manufacturers is financially solid and US-based with a dynamic, entrepreneurial culture offering excellent growth opportunity. This is a casual, fun, plant environment of 100 people.
Benefits and Features
The Product Engineer is responsible for the product development, scale, and launch of soft interior trim for automotive suppliers and will perform technical review of customer requirements, in terms of alignment with OEM specifications and determine feasibility and capability. This position will engage with customers to determine optimal inspection, packaging, and testing requirements for new products as well as developing specifications for material properties based on statistical analysis. The Product Engineer handles negotiations with customers, attends product validation trials at customer sites to understand the interaction between the product and customer’s molding application, and drives subsequent trials and improvement activities all while driving PPAP testing requirements based on assessment of Tier and OEM’s requirements.
Community Information:
Knoxville is located on the Tennessee River in eastern Tennessee. Downtown, the Market Square district, has 19th-century buildings with shops and restaurants. The Museum of East Tennessee History has interactive exhibits plus regional art, textiles, and Civil War artifacts. James White’s Fort, built by the Revolutionary War captain, includes the reconstructed 1786 log cabin that was Knoxville’s first permanent building (credit: Google). The city boasts a population of 192,648 (2021) and offers activities like Zoo Knoxville, The Museum of Art, and a host of outdoor/river activities.
Background Profile:
Company Information:
This leading material solution provider to automotive interior trim manufacturers is financially solid and US-based with a dynamic, entrepreneurial culture offering excellent growth opportunity. This is a casual, fun, plant environment of 100 people.
Benefits and Features
- Three weeks of paid vacation!
- Salary: $80,000 to$100,000/year DOE
- Medical/dental insurance
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan
- Relocation assistance
- Plus more!
The Product Engineer is responsible for the product development, scale, and launch of soft interior trim for automotive suppliers and will perform technical review of customer requirements, in terms of alignment with OEM specifications and determine feasibility and capability. This position will engage with customers to determine optimal inspection, packaging, and testing requirements for new products as well as developing specifications for material properties based on statistical analysis. The Product Engineer handles negotiations with customers, attends product validation trials at customer sites to understand the interaction between the product and customer’s molding application, and drives subsequent trials and improvement activities all while driving PPAP testing requirements based on assessment of Tier and OEM’s requirements.
Community Information:
Knoxville is located on the Tennessee River in eastern Tennessee. Downtown, the Market Square district, has 19th-century buildings with shops and restaurants. The Museum of East Tennessee History has interactive exhibits plus regional art, textiles, and Civil War artifacts. James White’s Fort, built by the Revolutionary War captain, includes the reconstructed 1786 log cabin that was Knoxville’s first permanent building (credit: Google). The city boasts a population of 192,648 (2021) and offers activities like Zoo Knoxville, The Museum of Art, and a host of outdoor/river activities.
Background Profile:
- Minimum 4-year degree in Textiles, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Materials Engineering or relevant major.
- 3-5 years automotive manufacturing experience.
- Experience using statistical software such as JMP/Minitab & Access and Six Sigma certification a plus.
- Experience with soft materials (textile fabrics, polyurethane foams, nonwovens, plastic films, plastics, or related) and dynamic material testing is required.
- Knowledge of automotive OEM specifications and test methods a plus.
- Process engineering background desired, molding or forming experience is a plus.
- Ability to travel 30% to customers in the US and Mexico.
