Staff Engineer, TPE Manufacturing Scale-Up (Hybrid)

BD; Wyckoff (NJ); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Health Savings Accounts

Flexible Spending Accounts

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Hospital Care Insurance

Short-term disability coverage

Long-term disability insurance

Long-term care with life insurance

401(k) Plan

Job summary

BD in the USA is seeking a Staff Engineer for New Product Development, based in Franklin Lakes, NJ, with a hybrid work model (on-site 4 days a week). You will lead the industrialization and scale-up of TPE materials, shaping manufacturing processes from lab to production, collaborating with R&D, Quality, and Operations to deliver robust, validated systems.

Responsibilities include DOE studies, process validation planning, supplier coordination, and documenting controls and acceptance criteria,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technical field as listed.
• Advanced experience in polymer/elastomer processes and scale-up.
• Experience applying DOE and statistics to manufacturing problems.
• Experience developing process windows and validation strategies.
• Strong communications with diverse stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical work.

Responsibilities

• Lead industrialization of primary and backup TPE formulations from laboratory development through pilot-scale and production-scale manufacturing.
• Develop scale-up strategies for compounding, pelletizing, molding, finishing, sterilization, assembly, packaging, and storage.
• Establish robust manufacturing process windows and document relationships among formulation, processing, geometry, and performance.
• Lead prototype and engineering builds using representative molds, equipment, materials, and operating conditions.
• Characterize shrinkage, dimensional stability, rheology, and other properties across sizes and lot-to-lot variability.
• Translate development findings into manufacturing controls, operating ranges, and inspection criteria.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in materials science, polymer science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, plastics engineering, or a related technical field

Advanced technical experience in polymer or elastomer process development, manufacturing scale-up, molding, validation, or material industrialization

Demonstrated experience applying DOE and engineering statistics to manufacturing or product-development problems

Experience developing process windows, material specifications, validation strategies, and technically rigorous reports

Strong written and verbal communication skills with suppliers, manufacturing teams, technical specialists, and senior leaders

Proven ability to lead complex technical work across organizational and functional boundaries

Job description

BD in the USA is seeking a Staff Engineer for New Product Development, based in Franklin Lakes, NJ, with a hybrid work model (on-site 4 days a week). You will lead the industrialization and scale-up of TPE materials, shaping manufacturing processes from lab to production, collaborating with R&D, Quality, and Operations to deliver robust, validated systems.

Responsibilities include DOE studies, process validation planning, supplier coordination, and documenting controls and acceptance criteria,