Testing and evaluating plastic components to establish conformance to specification requirements.Evaluate and ...

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9 months ago

Qa Polymer Engineer

  • Testing and evaluating plastic components to establish conformance to specification requirements.
  • Evaluate and approve all material characteristics of polymer components for First Sample approvals and advise on optimizations when required.
  • Analyzing failures and establishing root causes of component material failures from all stages of the vehicle manufacturing process.
  • Analyzing and establishing root cause of component material failures from vehicles in the Field. 
  • Advise on all matters regarding polymer material selection, specifications and testing and test methods, In-Plant, at Suppliers and also at third party test laboratories.
  • Drawing up of Works Instructions and Process Instructions, where applicable, ie testing procedures
Education and Experience

  • BSc Degree or ND in the field of Polymer Technology
  • 2 years’ experience and knowledge of Motor Vehicle Plastic component testing and Injection Moulding processes. 
  • 2 years working experience in a materials testing laboratory.
Skills, Attributes & Other requirements

ESSENTIAL:

  • Have knowledge of spectrophotometry and capable of interpreting obtained results.
  • Have experience in testing the physical properties of polymers (impact testing, flexural – and tensile strength testing), also Analysis testing (FTIR, DSC, GC and density)
  • Have proven analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Have good report writing and presentation skills.
  • Be computer literate in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
  • Have the ability to work independently without supervision.
  • Knowledge of German language would be advantageous.
  • Be able to work under pressure