Polymer Materials Engineer

Your challenge

As a Polymer Materials Engineer, you will be responsible for expert consultancy, ad-hoc support, technology development activities as well as hands-on material characterization. Your expertise in polymer materials will be instrumental for challenges on Philips products, materials and production processes.

Your responsibilities

You will join a multi-functional team of experienced materials, finishing/processing and characterization experts with a “can do” mentality. In your job as a Polymer Materials Engineer, you will have an active role in the design and improvement of future products and material characterization. This expertise is extremely important to deliver high quality innovative appliances, functions and be able to solve material challenges with solid chemical/material analysis.

Key responsibilities and capabilities should comprise:

• Scouting and selection of polymer materials & processing/finishing technologies, to support new product and function development.

• Ad-hoc problem solving in the field of expertise and hands-on experience with material characterization and testing.

• Familiar with several material characterization and chemical analytical techniques, for example Tensile testing, Impact, Fatigue, GC-MS, FT-IR, Thermal analysis (DSC, TGA and TMA), Microscopy, Contact angle, and more.

• Gather needs and translate them into (project) proposals and execute them.

• Contribute to long-term competence development in the area of polymer materials & processing and analysis.

• Build and maintain a strong network in the relevant areas of expertise. Cooperate with other (technical) disciplines, internal and external partners and companies.

Your team

The Philips Physics, Materials & Chemistry Group (PM&C) in Drachten, The Netherlands, is a group of highly skilled experts in several competences that are key for the Medical Business groups as well as for Personal Health Businesses. The experts closely cooperate in a network with product developers, industrial designers, consumer marketing managers, external partners and with innovative suppliers. PM&C supports the different Philips product categories worldwide in scouting and developing new technologies that enable new product functions and is organized around competences, with two expert groups. One of these expert groups is the group Chemistry & Polymers. The competences in the group are Applied Chemistry, Material/Chemical Analysis and Materials, Molding & Finishing Technologies. The group consists of about 20 colleagues with diverse and international background having an educational background ranging from vocational till PhD.

We are looking for

Open-minded Polymer Materials Engineer with below requirements:

• Master’s degree in (polymer) chemistry, (polymer) material science, chemical engineering or analytical chemistry.

• Solid background and experience in (polymer) material science is a must, experience in organic/polymer chemistry is an advantage.

• Hands-on experience with a broad range of characterization/analytical techniques.

• Ability to focus on the broader picture, but also willing to work on a detailed level.

• Sincere interest in broadening own technical knowledge and working with experts from other disciplines.

• Effective communication skills, team-player attitude in a highly dynamic environment with multiple tasks at own responsibility.

• Excellent communication in English with colleagues, customers and external partners on a technical level will be of crucial importance.