Sealing Systems Applications Engineer III (Hybrid Schedule)

gtweed; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Greene, Tweed to hire an Application Engineer-III who will translate complex customer requirements into high-performance solutions using GT's advanced materials. You will partner with global customers, commercial squads, and operations teams to drive product development from concept to delivery with high autonomy and technical leadership.

You will architect design proposals, mentor engineers, represent GT at technical committees, and deliver presentations to diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Engineering required.
• 6–10 years in engineering or design environment.
• Experience in polymer, plastics, elastomer design/manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Customer Partnership: collaborate with external clients, sales, manufacturing, and quality teams; travel to customer sites as needed to ensure design needs are met with accuracy and excellence.
• Product Development & Material Expertise: recommend advanced materials, review specs, ensure alignment between customer needs and GT capabilities; approve engineering drawings for production; lead complex engineering analyses.
• Innovation, Project Management & Continuous Improvement: lead strategic technical and business initiatives; identify process improvements; define qualification, testing, and validation methods; analyze failures to guide design improvements; standardize operations with global benchmarks.

Skills

3D CAD

FEA

MS Office

Cross-functional teamwork

Customer-facing communication

Polymer/plastics design

Lean 6 Sigma Yellow Belt

Material testing & analysis

Travel readiness

Education

B.Sc. in Engineering

Tools

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

Job Environment:

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 (