Senior Plastics Engineer - Material and Testing

Job Title: Senior Plastics Engineer - Material and Testing
Location: California
Position Type: Contract
Company: eShocan
Job Description:
We are seeking a Senior Engineer with 5+ years' experience, selecting and developing plastics and composite materials. a significant contributor to a world-class vehicle engineering team by supporting with plastics expertise and owning polymer-related aspects of development.
Key Responsibilities:

• Utilization of understanding of polymers (e.g. structure property relation) to troubleshoot parts and processes.
• Extraction of material requirements from part specifications and material selection after holistic evaluation of plastic grades.
• Consultation with design engineers and suppliers throughout product development process.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have worked in automotive development environment.
• Experienced with automotive injection molded materials.
• Proven experience in selection of plastic grades for different applications across automotive commodities.
• Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% if needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.Sc. in polymer engineering
• Experience with automotive materials for compression molding, and overmolding/back-injection designs.
• Hands-on experience with injection molding process optimization and familiarity with other plastic manufacturing processes and their part designs.