Sealing Systems Applications Engineer III (Hybrid Schedule)

Greene, Tweed & Co. LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k savings plan

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Greene, Tweed is seeking an Application Engineer-III to translate customer requirements into high-performance polymer solutions and lead product development from concept to delivery. You will work with global customers, sales, manufacturing, and quality teams, driving technical leadership with autonomy and mentoring engineers and technicians.

The role emphasizes material expertise, design reviews, and advanced analyses while representing GT at technical committees and industry events; travel to

Qualifications

• 6-10 Years in Engineering or Design environment.
• Experience using 3D CAD software; knowledge of FEA systems preferred.
• Strong computer literacy, especially in MS Office.
• Ability to work in cross-functional team environment.
• Effective communication skills with internal and external customers.
• Experience in polymer, plastics, elastomer design/manufacturing preferred.
• Working knowledge of Lean 6 Sigma principles, Yellow Belt preferred.
• Experience with material testing and material data analysis preferred.
• Previous customer-facing experience desired.
• Familiarity with RTCA DO-160 and/or Mil-STD-810 standards preferred.
• Ability to travel 10-20% for customer or industry meetings.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex customer requirements into high-performance solutions using GT materials and processes.
• Partner with global customers, sales, manufacturing, and quality teams to drive product development from concept to delivery.
• Provide cross-functional technical leadership and mentor engineers and technicians.
• Represent GT at technical committees and industry events.
• Organize and deliver technical presentations for customer meetings, industry forums, and technical societies.
• Maximize material performance by recommending advanced materials based on criteria and aligning with GT technology.
• Review engineering drawings and ensure documentation aligns with drafting standards.
• Lead advanced design analyses on components and assemblies.
• Define testing and qualification methods for finished products and author customer-facing reports.
• Analyze returned products to diagnose failure modes and advise on design improvements.

Skills

Engineering experience

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Polymer design

Lean Six Sigma

Material testing

Customer-facing

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Education

B.Sc. in Engineering

Tools

3D CAD software

FEA software

Job description

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success. If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Key Responsibilities

As an Application Engineer-III, you will translate complex customer technical requirements into high-performance, real-world solutions leveraging GT’s advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Serving as a crucial technical bridge, you will partner directly with global customers, commercial squads, and operations teams to champion product development from concept to delivery. You will operate with high autonomy, providing cross-functional technical leadership and driving strategic innovation across the organization.

Essential Duties

Technical Leadership & Customer Partnership

Empower collaborative Engineering: Partner with external clients, sales, manufacturing, and quality teams, including traveling to customer sites—to ensure design needs are met with expediency, precision, and excellence.

Architect design solutions: Generate, lead, and approve high-impact design proposals that align customer expectations with GT’s cutting-edge capabilities.

Mentor future talent: Inspire, direct, and review the work of emerging Engineers and Technicians, actively cultivating an environment of mentorship and continuous technical training.

Represent GT globally: Act as the face of GT at technical committees and industry events, steering industry standards and material specifications to safeguard and advance GT's strategic interests.

Organize and deliver technical presentations in support of the business goals to broad audience sets such as customer meetings, industry forums, and technical societies.

Product Development & Material Expertise

Maximize material performance: Recommend advanced materials based on application criteria, review complex specifications and ensure absolute alignment between customer needs and GT technology.

Drive quality control: Use baseline material data to evaluate and disposition flagged material batches, safeguarding internal quality standards.

Optimize production designs: Review and approve Engineering drawings for production, ensuring optimal model accuracy, comprehensive documentation, and alignment with drafting standards.

Lead complex Engineering analysis: Conduct advanced design analysis on components and assemblies, pushing the boundaries of current product, material, and manufacturing capabilities.

Innovation, Project Management & Continuous Improvement

Spearhead strategic projects: Lead critical technical and business initiatives, leveraging the cross-functional network to drive execution across diverse Engineering and Business teams.

Champion continuous innovation: Identify and propose new technology extensions and process improvements to expand GT’s market capabilities.

Validate product excellence: Define robust qualification, testing, and validation methods for finished products, and author customer-facing technical reports.

Solve performance related issues: Analyze returned products to diagnose failure modes, generating insights to advise customers on optimal usage and team members on next-generation design improvements.

Standardize operational excellence: Author and implement standard work instructions in alignment with global industry benchmarks and external customer requirements.

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications:

B.Sc. in Engineering required

Skills and Experience:

• 6-10 Years in Engineering or Design environment
• Experience using 3D CAD software; knowledge of FEA systems preferred
• Strong computer literacy, especially in MS Office
• Ability to work in cross-functional team environment
• Effective communication skills with internal and external customers
• Experience in polymer, plastics, elastomer design/manufacturing preferred
• Working knowledge of Lean 6 Sigma principles, Yellow Belt preferred
• Experience with material testing and material data analysis preferred
• Previous customer-facing experience desired
• Familiarity with RTCA DO-160 and/or Mil-STD-810 standards preferred
• Ability to travel 10-20% for customer or industry meetings

Physical Requirements

• Standing Occasionally (16-45%)
• Sitting Frequently (46-100%)
• Lifting Up to 10lbs without assistance
• Carrying Up to 10lbs without assistance
• Walking Occasionally (16-45%)
• Hearing Ability to detect noises with or without corrective device(s)
• Vision Clarity of vision, with or without corrective lenses

Mental Requirements

• Problem Solving Frequently (46-100%)
• Making Decisions Ability to make decisions that have a moderate impact
• Supervise Rarely (0-15%)
• Interpret Data Frequently (46-100%)
• Organize Frequently (46-100%)
• Read/Write Frequently (46-100%)
• Communication Frequently (46-100%)

Work Environment

• High Temperatures Rarely (0-15%)
• Low Temperatures Rarely (0-15%)
• Noises Moderate (business office with computers, printers and light office noises)
• Fumes Exposure Rarely (0-15%)

U.S. Person Status Requirement

This position requires U.S. Person status as defined by applicable law for authorized access to data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). A U.S. Person includes U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals, lawful permanent residents, and workers granted refugee or asylum status in the United States.

Benefits

• We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more, to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal law.

Drug Free Workplace: Greene, Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal, state, and local laws.

NOTE: Greene, Tweed is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities, unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at GT without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Greene, Tweed, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Greene, Tweed as a result of the referral or through other means.

Where Inspiration Drives Innovation At Greene Tweed we believe that our true capability as a technology-focused company comes from our employees. Every customer challenge is solved by a team, and members are engaged across departments. From engineering and manufacturing, to sales and marketing, we work together using cutting-edge technology to assess problems, recommend solutions, and bring them into reality. The tools of social business bring voices from around the world together in collaboration. And advanced capabilities such as FEA and state-of-the-art laboratories allow for comprehensive testing, analysis, and predictive modeling. Our manufacturing facilities expand the limits of possibility in fabrication. And embedded Lean Six Sigma upholds the highest levels of quality and efficiency during production. This process of development is fundamental to Greene Tweed’s ability to solve critical challenges. And it means going beyond the right tools, and seeking out the right people.