Manager -Application Development (Polymer/Elastomer)

Talent Analytica; Bharuch District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Analytica is seeking a senior polymer development professional in India to lead advanced R&D efforts for polymers and elastomers. You will work with marketing, NPD and OEM customers to translate requirements into feasible polymer formulations and development plans.

The role entails guiding sample development, testing, and approval processes, interfacing with vendors and customers, and ensuring robust design documentation and confidentiality across projects.

Qualifications

• Must hold advanced degree in polymer science with extensive R&D exposure.
• Strong understanding of polymers, elastomers and their properties.
• Excellent interface skills with customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify applications and interface with end users during new product development.
• Study conversion opportunities to fluoroplastics and assess feasibility with NPD.
• Propose development plans and align with OEM customers for agreements.
• Develop and package concepts for further development and testing.
• Understand component application needs and test requirements to define properties.
• Translate property specs into concrete polymer formulations and reports.
• Develop samples and secure testing approvals from customers and QA.
• Coordinate scalability with technical teams and obtain customer approvals.
• Verify design specifications with detailed engineering and relay requirements to purchasing.

Education

M.Tech in Polymer Technology

M.Sc. in Polymer Chemistry

PhD in Polymer Chemistry

Job description

Identification of Applications with marketing

• Align & interface with end user's during their new product development
• Study and interpret the areas for conversion to flouro-plastics
• Interface with New Product Development team to conclude the possibility of development
• Create a proposal for development and set in agreement with OEM customers

Ensure the development of package for development

• Study the application needs of components
• Identify various testing needs to understand the specification of properties
• Conversion of properties to required specs through a right mix of polymer & its properties and preparation of report

Development of Sample & approval

• Development of Sample with all required testing certification
• Study the scalability along with Technical team, Interface with customer for approval of sample

Ensure Correctness of specifications of all items as a part of basic design

• Selection of applications and instruments required for set up, considering market and operations demand.
• Develop additional expected areas for future development.
• Actively interacts with vendors and customers for forecasting future activities.
• Verify the designs provided by the detailed engineering consultants and effectively transfer the requirements to purchasing in case of new items and contractors for execution.

Document control

• Review of quality inspection documents / formats
• Develop new tools, procedures & best practices for project activities.
• Ensure a review system for QA and marketing complaints.
• Assurance of confidentiality of documents

Preferred candidate profile

Ideal candidate must be an M.Tech/M.Sc. in Polymer Technology or in Polymer Chemistry

(PhD in Polymer Chemistry desirable) with 10-12 years experience Application Development of Polymers/Elastomers