Sr. Composites Customer & Application Development Engineer, VARTM

Exxon Mobil; Baytown (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

Savings Plan

Workplace Flexibility

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Job summary

ExxonMobil is seeking an experienced engineer to support customers using VARTM-based thermoset resins from our Baytown Tech complex. The role includes on-site technical support, process optimization guidance, and leading application development projects across North America and beyond.

You will collaborate with commercial teams, travel domestically and internationally, and contribute to the growth of Proxxima™ resin systems.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Engineering, Materials Science, or equivalent.
• 5–10 years of experience fabricating or supervising thermoset composites with VARTM.
• Knowledge of epoxy, polyurethane, vinyl ester, or polydicyclopentadiene chemistries.
• Willing and able to travel domestically and internationally.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site technical support for customers producing composites via VARTM.
• Assist customers in optimizing their process and advise on equipment upgrades as needed.
• Lead application development projects using VARTM equipment at Baytown facilities.
• Provide technical insights to guide new application developments and IP.
• Share market insights to inform business strategy.
• Develop novel technology to strengthen the portfolio of IP.
• Train and mentor less experienced colleagues.

Skills

Engineering degree

VARTM experience

Thermoset chemistry

RIM/HPRTM experience

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Materials Science

Job description

About us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.

What role you will play in our team

Help grow our ProxximaTM polyolefin thermoset system business. These resin formulations are based on cyclic C5 monomers and other proprietary monomers and additives. Our catalyst formulations have strong foundations in Nobel Prize-winning technology developed by Professor Robert Grubbs and his research team. This powerful combination produces polymers that have the capability to outperform today’s thermoset composite solutions across a broad set of everyday applications such as wind turbine blades, electric vehicle parts, construction, and anticorrosion coatings.

Your role is to help prospective customers around the world convert from their existing thermoset products to ProxximaTM polyolefin thermoset systems by demonstrating cycle time, weight, and physical performance advantages on their composite fabrication equipment.

Your office is at the Baytown Technology and Engineering Complex located in Baytown, Texas. However, part of your time will be spent collaborating with commercial colleagues located at the ExxonMobil Campus in Spring, Texas, as well as traveling throughout North America and internationally to support customer trials.

What you will do

• Provide on-site technical support for customers producing composites via vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM)
• Assist customers in optimizing their process to run ProxximaTM resins and, where needed, provide guidance on equipment upgrades.
• Lead application development projects utilizing VARTM equipment located in our Baytown facilities.
• Provide technical insights to help guide new application developments.
• Provide market insights to inform and update business strategy.
• Develop novel technology to strengthen the portfolio of intellectual property.
• Train and mentor less experienced colleagues.

About you

Skills & Qualifications:

• B.S. or higher in Engineering, Material Science, or equivalent
• 5 – 10 years of experience fabricating or supervising manufacturing of thermoset composites using VARTM.
• Working understanding of thermoset chemistry in systems such as epoxy, polyurethane, vinyl ester, or polydicyclopentadiene
• Experience in reaction injection molding (RIM) and/or high-pressure resin transfer molding (HPRTM) is a plus.
• Willing and able to travel domestically and internationally.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience:

• Focuses on Customer – Seeks out customer input, engages in productive discussion, actively listens, and seeks to incorporate customer input into internal projects.
• Shows Initiative – Foresees upcoming tasks or setbacks and works ahead to ensure smooth delivery and that deadlines are met.
• Analytical – Uses sound judgement for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions.
• Collaborates – Encourages mutual cooperation across the organization and appropriate external relationships.
• Communicates Effectively – Conveys information in a concise and unambiguous way that is tailored to the audience and adapted to different situations.

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.

• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.

• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.

• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.

• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

• More information on our Company’s benefits can be found atwww.exxonmobilfamily.com

• Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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