Senior Adhesives Product Development Engineer

Shurtape Technologies; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Impactful work

Continuous improvement

Growth mindset

Job summary

Shurtape Technologies, LLC seeks a Senior Product Development Engineer to partner with New Product Development teams, studying the structure and properties of pressure sensitive adhesives and how manufacturing processes affect product performance. This role supports design, development, and scale-up of PSA tapes and related products.

Collaborate with Marketing and Manufacturing to meet core business needs including complaint resolutions, Voice-of-the-Customer activities and cost-reduction

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science/Engineering, or Materials Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10–15 years of experience in relevant field.
• Strong background in applied polymer science including characterization techniques (GPC, DSC, TGA, FTIR, SEM, DMA).
• Experience with PSA adhesives, polymeric coatings, and UV/E-beam curing technology.
• Knowledge of polymer melt processing, rubber, polyolefins and acrylic processing, and formulation design.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high standard of safety performance in all duties.
• Design pressure sensitive adhesive, back size/release and barrier formulations and coating methods with NPD teams.
• Research structure, properties and performance of PSAs and interactions with additives, substrates, and tape constructions.
• Lead new product development programs with goals, objectives and DOE-based plans; define specs for performance, processing and materials; document results.

Skills

Independent work

Communication

Time management

Analytical thinking

Innovation mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry/Polymer Science/Engineering

Tools

GPC

DSC

TGA

FTIR

SEM

DMA

Job description

Shurtape Technologies, LLC seeks a Senior Product Development Engineer to partner with New Product Development teams, studying the structure and properties of pressure sensitive adhesives and how manufacturing processes affect product performance. This role supports design, development, and scale-up of PSA tapes and related products.

Collaborate with Marketing and Manufacturing to meet core business needs including complaint resolutions, Voice-of-the-Customer activities and cost-reduction