R&D Engineer

L&L Products, Inc.; France; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

L&L Products is seeking an experienced EMEA Technical Support professional in France to drive testing programs and provide formal recommendations on adhesive and composite solutions for new product launches. You will design and prove concepts for manufacturing, procure lab tools, and deliver client-facing technical support and presentations.

This role requires strong communication in English and French, plus 3–5 years in composites.

Qualifications

• Degree in Materials Science, Composite Engineering, or related field.
• Excellent English and French language skills.
• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in the composites industry.
• Strong background in adhesives and composite material testing.
• Experience in customer-facing technical roles.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely completion of test programs and provide clear formal written recommendations regarding suitability of new adhesive and composites solutions for product launch.
• Conduct part design and manufacturing proof of concept to show value of our solution for composite manufacturing.
• Support procurement of necessary testing equipment, tools and fixtures for the laboratory.
• Ensure detailed test programs and recommendations for LL adhesives and composite solutions for customer applications.
• Support key client meetings with technical advice and support to the commercial organization.
• Conduct technical presentations to customers highlighting key technical benefits and parameters of our systems.
• Conduct product demonstrations at customer facilities and support scale-up and use of LL solutions.

Skills

Adhesives testing

Composite materials testing

Composite part and mold design

English communication

Project management

People leadership

Organizational skills

IP awareness

Education

Materials Science / Composite Engineering degree

English and French language skills

Tools

Laboratory equipment

Job description

PRIMARY TASKS – EMEA Technical Support

• Ensure timely completion of test programs and provide clear formal written recommendations regarding suitability of new internally or externally sourced adhesive and composites solutions for product launch. Including benchmarking against key competitive materials. This activity should provide clear identification of product differentiation against competitive materials, in order to drive focus on materials with key technical advantage for potential clients.
• Conduct part design and manufacturing proof of concept, to show practically the value added of using our solution for composite manufacturing.
• Support procurement of necessary testing equipment, tools and fixtures to fully equip the laboratory.
• Ensure timely completion, in coordination with the R&D specification testing team, detailed test programs of L&L adhesives and composite solutions for customer applications on relevant customer samples, including benchmarking against key competitive benchmarks wherever possible, and provide clear formal recommendations regarding the optimum L&L solution for each application.
• Support key client meetings to provide technical advice and support to the commercial organization for L&L products solutions.
• Conduct technical presentations to customers highlighting the key technical benefits and parameters of our systems. Assist customers in designing products to make best use of L&L technologies.
• Conduct product demonstrations at customer facilities, and support effective scale-up and use of L&L solutions at customers manufacturing and assembly plants.

MID TERM TO LONG TERM STRATEGY

• Provide expertise and insight regarding new product development opportunities, and support follow up with relevant internal R&D or external alliance partners.

BEHAVIOUR

• Build relationships accordingL&L Products values at the customer, supplier and internally.
• Help to maintain our team identity (be available to listen and help, provide feed-back, encourage initiative, apply our vision, values and goals…).
• Solve as many issues as possible at the team level; work toward solutions before escalating.
• Maintain a global view of the business – make decisions, and prioritize taking into consideration all downstream impacts.
• Hands on. Ability to use laboratory equipment and composite processing equipment to prove the value added of our composite solutions.

Associated competencies:

• Extensive practical expertise in the testing of adhesives and composite materials (5 years plus)
• Composite manufacturing extensive experience (pre preg, RTM, thermoforming, autoclave, blader molding, vacuum bagging)
• Composite part and mold design
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong team player with robust facilitative people leadership skills
• Well organized, with good record retention practices
• Responsible and professional attitude to all aspects of work, from hygiene of working areas through to preparation / presentation of technical recommendations
• Some understanding of legal aspects (especially IP and external supplier management)

Education

• Degree in Materials Science, Composite Engineering, or related field
• Excellent English and French language skills

Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in the composites industry
  • Strong background in adhesives and composite material testing
  • Experience in customer-facing technical roles