Development Engineer

Alfa Laval Mid Europe GmbH; Nakskov; Hybrid; DKK 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Laval Mid Europe GmbH in Denmark seeks an engineer to develop and manage membrane product development projects from concept to launch, aligning with the product roadmap. You’ll support, drive or own activities across the development journey, including design, testing, and collaboration with various labs and stakeholders.

The role requires hands-on membrane development experience, a relevant master's (or PhD advantageous), and strong communication skills in English; Danish is a plus.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in membrane product development for polymers, coatings or related industry.
• Master’s degree in Polymer or Chemical Engineering (PhD advantageous).
• At least three years of industrial experience in membrane R&D or product development.
• Hands-on experience with roll-to-roll membrane development and testing.
• Knowledge of phase inversion and/or thin-film coatings and their parameter effects.
• Experience with statistics and design of experiments.
• Strong coordination across multiple stakeholders and project management.
• Fluent written and spoken English; Danish language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and, depending on experience, take ownership of new technology ideas and concepts, including product designs, features, materials and technical solutions.
• Support development of new products and services from initial concepts to launch, ensuring they meet customer and business needs.
• Maintain and improve the existing product portfolio, including design changes and risk/impact assessments.
• Plan and follow up on the production of prototypes and samples, as well as laboratory and product testing.
• Collaborate with lab engineers, test engineers and other stakeholders, with hands-on involvement where appropriate to the project.
• Provide technical support to internal teams and assist with customer claims and issue resolution.
• Take responsibility for product and component design.
• Present technical solutions and communicate project progress to relevant stakeholders.
• Support supply and purchasing activities, including technical discussions and collaboration with external suppliers.
• Prepare activity plans, timelines, and budgets for assigned projects, and manage delivery within agreed scope, time, and budget.
• Identify, document, and escalation project risks in accordance with Alfa Laval’s project management processes.
• Continuously identify opportunities for product, process, and technology improvements.

Skills

Membrane development

Roll-to-roll membranes

Phase inversion

Thin-film coatings

Design of experiments

Cross-functional coordination

English fluency

Danish advantageous

Education

Master’s degree in Polymer Engineering

Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering

PhD is an advantage

Job description

About the role

In this role, you will contribute to the development, execution, and implementation of product development projects that support an innovative and competitive membrane portfolio. You will work across the product development journey, from initial concept through to launch, ensuring that solutions meet customer needs and align with the membrane product roadmap. The level of responsibility will be adapted to your skills and experience, with opportunities to support, drive, or take ownership of product development activities.

Key responsibilities for this role entail

• Contribute to and, depending on experience, take ownership of new technology ideas and concepts, including product designs, features, materials and technical solutions.
• Support the development of new products and services from initial concepts to launch, ensuring they meet customer and business needs.
• Maintain and improve the existing product portfolio, including design changes and risk/impact assessments.
• Plan and follow up on the production of prototypes and samples, as well as laboratory and product testing.
• Collaborate with lab engineers, test engineers and other stakeholders, with hands-on involvement where appropriate to the project.
• Provide technical support to internal teams and assist with customer claims and issue resolution.
• Take responsibility for product and component design.
• Present technical solutions and communicate project progress to relevant stakeholders.
• Support supply and purchasing activities, including technical discussions and collaboration with external suppliers.
• Prepare activity plans, timelines, and budgets for assigned projects, and manage delivery within agreed scope, time, and budget.
• Identify, document, and escalation project risks in accordance with Alfa Laval’s project management processes.
• Continuously identify opportunities for product, process, and technology improvements.

You will be based in Nakskov with the possibility to use Søborg office and will report to R&D Manager.

What you know

• To succeed in this role, you have relevant experience in membrane product development for polymeric membranes, thin-film coatings, formulation development, or a related industry, with the level of responsibility adapted to your background.
• Master’s degree in Polymer engineering, Chemical engineering, Chemical process engineering or relevant background.
• PhD is an advantage.
• At least three years of relevant industrial experience, preferably from a membrane R&D or product development environment or similar industry.
• Hands-on experience with roll-to-roll MF/UF/NF/RO membrane development, membrane characterizations, testing, design changes/validation experience is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of phase inversion and/or thin film coatings, relationship between membrane formulations vs process parameters on membrane performance.
• Practical experience or an interest in further developing your competence for statistical analysis and/or design of experiments.
• Comfortable coordinating activities across multiple stakeholders while developing your project management skills.
• Knowledge of membrane applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries, related regulations are beneficial.
• Familiarity with patent and competitor product screening.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Danish language skills are an advantage.

Who you are

• You are a self-driven and results-oriented engineer who takes ownership of your work and approaches challenges with both focus and analytical curiosity.
• You are comfortable working independently, while actively involving colleagues and sharing knowledge when solving complex problems.
• A cooperative and communicative working style comes naturally to you, and you are energized by an agile environment with varied tasks, practical problem-solving and collaboration across functions, business units and locations.
• You enjoy combining technical analysis with hands-on engineering work and are motivated by contributing to solutions that create value for both customers and the business.

What’s in It for You

• We offer a challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other develop and create value.
• You will gain exposure to different teams and be able to develop your technical expertise through practical, cross-functional projects.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success.

Assessment practicalities

We care about diversity, inclusion, and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this, we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games. Playing games is mandatory. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure workplace, we conduct background checks on final candidates for this role.

For more information please contact: Reyhan Sengur Tasdemir, Manager - R&D Manager, [e-mail] Tanja Sukaj, Talent Acquisition Partner, [e-mail]

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