Polymer Tech Support & Development Engineer

TotalEnergies SE; Belgique; Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

TotalEnergies One Tech Belgium is seeking a Material Science Engineer to join the TSD team. You will support development and technical assistance for customers, focusing on recycled polypropylene and related compounds, with emphasis on processability, surface appearance, and ageing resistance.

The role involves synthesizing test results with lab teams, maintaining product data sheets, and coordinating customer trials and complaints, with progression to customer-facing exterior materials

Qualifications

• Academic knowledge of materials, particularly polymers.
• Expertise in polymer formulation, characterization, and rheology.
• Competences in the injection moulding process would be a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Interface with internal and external laboratories, synthesize results and present at follow-up reviews.
• Referent for technical documentation and updates of product technical databases.
• Participate in formulation meetings and present trial requests to planning team.
• Monitor and coordinate customer technical complaints with TSD engineers and production plants.
• Interact with customers on exterior materials projects under project manager supervision as skills grow.

Skills

Polymer science

Injection moulding

Rheology

Computational rheology

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Join our affiliate TotalEnergies One Tech Belgium based in Feluy !

TotalEnergies's Automotive, Recycled and Compounds (ARC) Business Unit develops and sells Polypropylene (PP) and PP-based compounds to the automotive industry and has established a very good position with all European car manufacturers such as VW Group, Stellantis, Renault Group, PORSCHE, Mercedes BMW and their Tier 1 equipment manufacturers (Motherson, OPmobility, Simoldes, Magna, FlexNGate...). ARC is also active on non automotive markets (agroindustry, electronics, water management...) thanks to its resins and special compounds based on polyethylene (PE) and polystyrene (PS). ARC materials are transformed by its customers into exterior and interior parts in light vehicles (e.g. bumper, body panel, door panel, center console...)

ARC is a fast-growing business that is globally expanding its production and sales activities, focusing on the development of recycled polypropylene applications while intensifying its activity in China and North America.

As a Technical Support and Development Engineer, you will be integrated into the TSD team in charge of the development and the technical assistance to our customers. Some products are painted and unpainted exterior grades; the main customer requirements are the good vprocessability, the perceived quality (exterior aspect of painted or non painted surfaces), dimensional stability over time , but also resistance to thermic and climatic ageing. The grades for interior application, airbag housings or under the hood applications might also be subject to odour, emission or flammability requests.

The carbon footprint of the product is the background of the vast majority of the developments, leading to the integration, or even the substitution of virgin materials by recycled ones.

In this context, the main missions will be :

• You will interface with the internal and external laboratories working on the project, synthesize the results and present it during the follow-up reviews.
• You will be the referent of the technical documentation and updates of the technical databases of the products on which they work.
• You will participate to some formulation meetings and will also present the trial requests to the planning team.
• In support of the Technical Manager, you will also be responsible for monitoring and coordinating customer technical complaints, working closely with TSD engineers and production plants.
• In a second step as you increase your skills, you will be required to interact with customers on "exterior materials" projects under the control of the project manager.

Material Science Engineer

Technical Skills :

Academic knowledge of materials, particularly of polymers. Competences in the injection moulding process would be a bonus.

Expertise in polymer formulation, characterization, and rheology.

Computing Skills

Microsoft Office

Competences of computational rheology would be a bonus.

Knowledge of material cards for structure and crash simulations would also be a good point.

Languages :

French: level B2

German is a plus

START DATE : Q4 2026