R&D Specialist in Composite Materials (d / f / m)

AIMPLAS; Asturias; Presencial; EUR 30.000 - 50.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AIMPLAS, a leading technological center, seeks an Established Researcher (R3) in the field of Materials for Sustainable Mobility. The role entails developing R&D projects, providing technical services, and collaborating across departments. A strong educational background and experience in composite materials and R&D projects is essential. Join a team focused on innovation and sustainability within a strategically significant sector.

Servicios

Self-management of time

Tailor-made training plans

Career growth opportunities

Healthy living programs

Formación

• Higher university education, master's degree, preferably PhD in related fields.
• Knowledge in thermoplastic and thermoset composites.
• Experience in business development and executing R&D projects.

Responsabilidades

• Provide services and technical advice to clients.
• Coordinate R&D&I projects across departments.
• Conduct technical developments and pilot tests.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Organization

Communication

Leadership

Flexibility

Creativity

Educación

PhD in Materials Engineering, Aeronautics, Chemistry, or similar

Master's degree in Plastic Materials or Aeronautics

Descripción del empleo

Organisation / Company AIMPLAS Department People Research Field Chemistry » Applied chemistry Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Positions Other Positions Country Spain Application Deadline 27 Jun 2025 - 23 : 58 (Europe / Madrid) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 12 May 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

We are looking for a professional to develop the preparation and execution of R&D&I projects, technological services (analysis and testing, technical advice) and technical training for companies in the Sustainable and Future Mobility section, in the Technologies area. Our main R&D lines are based on technologies for lightening the weight of vehicles, smart composites, materials for LIB housings, hydrogen tanks and electromagnetic shielding at 5G frequencies, among others. The department works in sectors such as automotive, aeronautics, naval, railway, space and defence.

What you will do :

• Provide services and advice to external and internal customers.
• Coordinate and collaborate with different AIMPLAS departments.
• Drawing up state of the art reports.
• Prepare bids, work proposals.
• Prepare project proposals according to institutional templates.
• Participate in the preparation of budgets.
• Carry out technical developments.
• Pilot plant tests (compounding, extrusion, injection, formulation of composite materials).
• Ensure the proper functioning of the equipment he / she manages, including carrying out or supervising preventive and corrective maintenance, internal calibrations, etc.
• Searching for and selecting new equipment and / or accessories according to needs and possibilities.
• Analysing results and drawing up conclusions and reports.
• Presenting results.
• Participate in scientific dissemination, technology foresight, dissemination and communication activities.

Your profile

You have high analytical skills, organization, strong communitation and influencing skills, initiative, creativity, flexibility, customer orientation, leadership skills, self-motivated and able to independently lead, you are a team player, people oriented (cooperation and empathy).

Education required :

Higher university education, master's degree, preferably PhD in Materials Engineering, Aeronautics, Chemistry or similar.

Aditional education :

• Valuable specific Master's degree in plastic materials or aeronautics.
• Fluent in English and Spanish .

Experience required :

• Knowledge in thermoplastic and thermoset composites and their transformation processes (ATL, AFP, SMC...).
• Experience in stress simulation will be an asset, as well as having worked with sectors related to the area. We are looking for a versatile profile with great capacity for business development and experience in the execution of R&D projects.
• Experience in sectors related to mobility and transport will be an asset.
• Availability to travel nationally and internationally.
• B1 driving licence.

We firmly believe that Diversity and Inclusion management provides us with different approaches, perspectives, and complementary points of view, encouraging each person to develop their full potential, contributing the best of themselves and allowing us to be a more innovative and sustainable company.

Candidates with a certificate of disability equal to or greater than 33% will be positively assessed, according to the General Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their social inclusion. AIMPLAS builds a culture where everybody belongs. That’s what sparks our innovation. And our progress toward a more inclusive workforce promotes better world.

About us :

AIMPLAS is a Technological Center with more than 30 years of experience in the plastics sector. We provide solutions to companies throughout the value chain, from raw material manufacturers to transformers and end users. Our purpose is twofold :

• We give value to companies so that they can create wealth and thus generate employment.
• Through R&D&I, we contribute to solving the challenges that society faces in relation to plastics, to improve people's quality of life and ensure environmental sustainability.

Why AIMPLAS?

We consider attraction and loyalty of talent to be strategic. This is due, on the one hand, to the fact that we have such a powerful purpose as responding to the challenges facing society through R&D&I, and on the other, to making this activity compatible with caring for people.

To this end, we propose a People Experience Strategy in which people lead their professional development and have a tailor-made training plan, as well as a career plan to facilitate their professional growth.

Our value proposition is completed by a series of benefits that facilitate the balance with personal life. For example, self-management of time, different scheduling options and other improvements. Additionally, we offer an ambitious program of healthy actions with improvements in risk prevention and initiatives to promote healthy habits and psychosocial wellbeing.

Higher university education, master's degree, preferably PhD in Materials Engineering, Aeronautics, Chemistry or similar.

• Knowledge in thermoplastic and thermoset composites and their transformation processes (ATL, AFP, SMC...).
• Experience in stress simulation will be an asset, as well as having worked with sectors related to the area. We are looking for a versatile profile with great capacity for business development and experience in the execution of R&D projects.
• Experience in sectors related to mobility and transport will be an asset.
• Availability to travel nationally and internationally.
• B1 driving licence.

Specific Requirements

• Valuable specific Master's degree in plastic materials or aeronautics.
• Fluent in English and Spanish .

Additional Information Work Location(s)

Valencia Parc Tecnologic C / Gutave Eiffel, 4

J-18808-Ljbffr