Senior Materials & Adhesives Engineer – Automotive Plastics

OPmobility; Monterrey; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

OPmobility seeks a materials and adhesives specialist to define optimal raw materials and glues for OEM projects, assess risk, and validate new materials in plants according to customer requirements.

You will analyze exterior and lighting components, coordinate tests, support production with issue resolution, and maintain strong supplier and cross‑functional collaboration across an international network.

Qualifications

• Master degree in materials or Engineering degree in chemistry.
• Fluent in English (B2 / C1), Spanish.
• Knowledge of polymers & adhesives, formulation, laboratory tests, transformation processes (injection) & bonding.
• 4-5 years significant experience in the field of polymers, in Automotive.
• Knowledge on thermoplastic for body panel (Polypropylene, Styrenic polymers) and for Lighting (Polycarbonate, PMMA, PP, Styrenic polymers and on adhesives (glues).

Responsibilities

• For projects in quotation and development: Analyse the OEM Material specifications for Exterior & Lighting products (bumpers, headlamps, rear lamps, panels with lighting).
• Define the technical criteria to choose the raw material & adhesives, based on customer requirements.
• Propose a risk assessment and validation plan to the project, define the tests to perform by our laboratory or our chemists.
• Define material recommendation sheet and DISCLAIMERS to the customers.
• Keep regular contacts with customers and suppliers (chemists, compounders) to understand and orientate the qualification of the raw materials.
• For Productivity Project And Production: Propose alternative raw material solutions to reduce costs and / or improved quality of the products.
• Assist production plants in the event of problems linked to raw materials (or adhesives) during serial life.
• Suppliers Follow Up: Leads supplier’s development policy in order to meet customer requirements on current and future projects.
• Participate to supplier audit when needed.
• Identify and anticipate needs for new development and coordinate with the suppliers in line with OPmobility strategy.
• Create Supplier specifications.
• Network and Capitalisation: Collect feedback, blocking points and Best Practices from Eng Centers and Plants.
• Formalize Lesson Learned and Golden rules, communicate them to Eng Centers and Plants.
• Exchange with the worldwide material network.
• Ensure technical exchange and network with other Departments: Injection, Coating, Bonding, R&I, CAE.
• Innovation: Give recommendations to Innovation teams to meet OEM requirements.
• Prepare the transition from Innovation to Development phase.
• Training: Create or update technical training module.
• Animation of the training session & coaching sessions.
• HSE: Ensure that materials & adhesives are compliant to regulation (Reach) and OPmobility policies.
• Ensure that material proposed are compliant to OPmobility sustainability strategy.

Skills

Polymers & adhesives

Laboratory tests

Injection molding

Bonding

English

Spanish

Education

Master's degree in materials

Engineering degree in chemistry

Job description

OPmobility seeks a materials and adhesives specialist to define optimal raw materials and glues for OEM projects, assess risk, and validate new materials in plants according to customer requirements.

You will analyze exterior and lighting components, coordinate tests, support production with issue resolution, and maintain strong supplier and cross‑functional collaboration across an international network.