Process Development Engineer: Scale-Up, Coating & Lamination

W. L. Gore & Associates; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits from Day 1

Total rewards package

Stock Ownership Plan

Profit-sharing

Job summary

W. L. Gore & Associates in Elkton, Maryland seeks a Process Development Engineer to lead development, scale-up, and validation of manufacturing processes, with a focus on material expansion, compression, coating, and lamination technologies.

You will collaborate across product development, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and external partners to translate requirements into robust process solutions. This hands-on role offers the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges and directly

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical or comparable Engineering.
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in R&D process development, scale-up, or validation.
• Experience with external manufacturers, suppliers, or partners.
• Competence in web handling and process mapping between materials, conditions, and product performance.
• Understanding of design for manufacturing principles.
• Strong data analysis, experimental execution, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills. Effective cross-functional communication including across engineering and supply chain
• Ability to translate product requirements into specifications.
• Ability to work hands-on and manage priorities in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Lead process development and scale-up, defining process windows and material-process relationships for robust, reproducible manufacturing
• Apply Design for Manufacturing principles to align product, material, process, and manufacturingrequirements
• Partner with product development engineers on prototyping, process development, and commercialization
• Serve as a key technical interface with manufacturing teams, external partners, and suppliers
• Plan and execute experiments, process trials, scale-up, validation, and sample delivery
• Troubleshoot material and process issues with manufacturing, quality, and supplier partners
• Align technical requirements and manufacturing readiness across cross-functional teams
• Analyze and document results, specifications, validation outcomes, and recommendations
• Identify equipment and process capability needs with engineering partners
• Assess manufacturing capacity, supplier capability, process risk, and commercialization readiness

Skills

R&D process development

Scale-up

Data analysis

Cross-functional communication

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Web handling

Process mapping

Job description

W. L. Gore & Associates in Elkton, Maryland seeks a Process Development Engineer to lead development, scale-up, and validation of manufacturing processes, with a focus on material expansion, compression, coating, and lamination technologies.

You will collaborate across product development, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and external partners to translate requirements into robust process solutions. This hands-on role offers the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges and directly