Pretred is a globally recognized, industry leading, sustainability products manufacturing company looking for a Materials Application Engineer to join our team onsite in Aurora, CO.
We value our team members like family and truly believe in a sustainable future.
Role Highlights :
- New manufacturing facility located in Aurora, CO
- Competitive Salary, Stock Options, Medical / Dental Benefits, PTO, and much more
- Outstanding Career Opportunity to Join an established Start-Up Manufacturer, bringing first-of-its-kind products into existence
Required Experience :
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to work with large data sets
- 3+ years working with rubber, elastomer, and elastic composite materials
- Experience designing, and performing, tests and experiments
- Product development experience working with cross functional teams
- 2+ years using FE software (ANSYS, SolidWorks, or other) for non-linear analysis
- Microsoft Office, Excel, Word Google Apps & Email
- Bachelor's Degree in related fields of Engineering or Materials
- Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic startup
- Great attitude and team player!
- PREFERRED SKILLS
- Ability to use SolidWorks for 3D design work
- Setting up and using data acquisition equipment
- Working with and around Production lines and Manufacturing Equipment
- Working with crumb rubber, polyurethane binders and their constituents
- Master’s Degree in related field
- Notion, connected workspace platform
Role Responsibilities :
- Ownership over Pretred material characterization
- Becoming the lead advisor at Pretred for predicting material behavior in new applications
- Establish test procedures for material characterization of existing and new materials
- Analyze test data to create data sheets and add to a material property database
- Identify and coordinate with outside test labs as needed to perform testing
- Design test fixtures for in-house testing
- Organize and develop test plans
- Execute test procedures, working with Engineering and Operations teams
- Perform testing on the manufacturing floor as needed
- Evaluate new sales opportunities and advise on specific material compositions and properties to meet requirements
- Utilize material data to design improved product geometry
- Perform FE analysis to determine effectiveness of products in different scenarios
- Work with the Engineering team to iterate on FE results, in order to implement the design using current or new manufacturing methods
- Create reports and documentation with conclusions and insights
Role Reporting :
The Materials Application Engineer role will be reporting to the Director of Engineering
Compensation :
- Pay scale varies on experience ($95k - $120k)
- Stock options
- Medical / Dental
30+ days ago