汽车市场开发工程师
Automotive Market Development Engineer
可接受的远程工作地点为密歇根州（最好是东部密歇根），或俄亥俄州北部。
简介 该职位负责识别产品需求，并推动与热塑性弹性体（TPE）化合物业务增长相关的技术开发项目。要求具备扎实的塑料和/或橡胶材料及技术技能，以及出色的客户关系、业务拓展、项目管理、团队合作、组织和沟通能力。该人员是面向客户的团队中的材料专家。
职责和义务
- 负责管理与TPE材料相关的开发活动。
- 通过努力的客户和市场开发工作，寻找新的商业机会：
- 识别战略市场和客户；
- 确定目标应用的材料需求和规格；
- 与Audia Elastomers的产品开发工程师合作，开发满足客户需求的材料解决方案；
- 解释样品结果，并向客户提供数据表和其他材料物理性能信息；
- 协调并参加必要的客户注塑试验，就未来工作的方向向产品开发团队提供反馈；
- 为客户提供已开发材料的正式数据包以获得批准。
- 与转换商、供应商和原始设备制造商对接，实现并记录Audia Elastomers产品的批准。
- 在具备相关专业知识的情况下，可能支持特定地理区域内的非汽车应用，或当转换商服务于多个市场细分时。
- 有效推广Audia Elastomers的产品和组织能力。
- 提交经理要求的客户相关活动的拜访报告和月度活动总结。
- 及时回应客户的咨询和投诉，确保客户满意度。
- 完成经理指派的其他职责和任务。
- 安全地执行所有职责，并遵守安全、健康与环境以及定义的质量管理体系中规定的文件要求。
推荐资格
- 工程、科学或同等领域的学士学位（或更高），以及5-7年在汽车行业中弹性体（优先）或塑料（可接受）材料的经验
- 具备将技术实力转化为新业务的能力。
- 具备建立和维护客户关系的能力。
查看英文原文
Acceptable locations for this remote role are Michigan (ideally eastern Michigan), or northern Ohio.
Summary This position is responsible for identifying product requirements and driving technology development projects related to business growth of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds. Requirements include strong plastics and/or rubber materials and technology skills and, excellent skills in customer relationships, business development, project management, teamwork, organization, and communication. This person is the materials subject matter expert for the customer-facing team.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for managing development activities associated with TPE materials.
- Pursues new business opportunities through diligent customer and market development efforts:
- Identifies strategic markets and customers;
- Determines material requirements and specifications for targeted applications;
- Collaborates with Audia Elastomers product development engineers to develop material solutions to meet customer needs;
- Interprets sample results and provides data sheets and other material physical property information to customers;
- Coordinates and attends customer molding trials as necessary, providing feedback to product development regarding direction of future work;
- Presents a formalized data package of developed material(s) for customer approval(s).
- Interfaces with converters, Tiers, and OEMs to achieve and document Audia Elastomers product approvals.
- May support non-automotive applications in the given geography where expertise allows, and/or where a converter serves multiple market segments.
- Effectively promotes Audia Elastomers products and organizational capabilities.
- Submits call reports and monthly activity summaries concerning customer-related activities as requested by manager.
- Provides timely response to customer inquiries and complaints to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Performs other duties and assignments as directed by manager.
- Performs all duties safely and in compliance with documentation outlined in the Safety, Health & Environmental and defined quality management systems.
Recommended Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in engineering, science, or equivalent, and/or 5-7 years of experience with elastomeric (preferred) or plastic (acceptable) materials in the automotive industry
- Demonstrated ability to leverage technical strength to develop new business.
- Ability to build and maintain strong, long-term customer relationships.
- Ability to work seamlessly with commercial and product development teams to develop appropriate strategies to address customer and/or market need(s).
- Excellent communication skills, self-starter, sense of urgency, personable, and well organized.
- Skilled in the use of basic computer software, including word-processing and spreadsheets.
- Self-sufficient in terms of time management and support.
Working Conditions
- Environment – Commercial and/or home office as appropriate.
- Travel – Frequent travel, generally over 50% and can include international travel.
Responsibility for Safety, Health & Environmental
· Individual is expected to perform job duties safely and in compliance with documentation outlined in the Safety, Health & Environmental system.
Responsibility for Quality
Individual is expected to perform job duties in compliance with defined management system requirements
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