Plastics Service / Applications Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Plastics Applications / Technical Service Engineer – Engineering Thermoplastics Applications

A multinational company with a facility in the Farmington Hills, Michigan area is currently seeking an Applications / Technical Service Engineer for a Direct Hire opportunity with their growing team. These are exciting opportunities for Applications Engineers looking to combine hands-on plastics and injection molding expertise with customer-facing applications engineering, helping solve real-world technical challenges and bring new engineering thermoplastic applications from development through commercialization.

Plastics Applications / Technical Service Engineer rates are anticipated to be $90,000 to $110,000 per year based on each candidates experience and education. All well qualified candidate will be considered regardless of pay rates.

Qualified Plastics Applications / Technical Service Engineers will have most if not all, of the following skills and experience:

• 5+ years of recent / relevant experience with technical service, polymer engineering, product development, application development, or related technical fields.
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, or related technical field is preferred- but equivalent experience, educations, certifications will be considered.
• Working knowledge of injection molding fundamentals.
• Experience with analyzing and interpreting material characterization techniques such as DSC, FTIR, SEM, microscopy, MFR, mechanical testing, or dimensional metrology is preferred.
• Must be able to work in the United States (no H-1 sponsorship or student visas considered).
• Must be able to complete standard pre-hire checks including background, drug screening, reference, etc.