Sr Development Engineer - Nonwovens

Headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Milliken & Company is a global, innovative, industrial diversified manufacturing company that has been exploring, discovering, and creating ways to enhance people’s lives since 1865.

With expertise across a breadth of disciplines including specialty chemical, floor covering, and performance materials, the company works around the world every day to add true value to people’s lives, improve health and safety, and help make our world more sustainable.

Milliken has long led the way for "knowledge-based" investment, employing over 100 PhDs, and has accumulated over 2,200 U.

S. patents and more than 5,000 patents worldwide. Milliken is widely acknowledged as an international leader in research technology, innovation, and customer service.

With over 35 manufacturing facilities located in the U.S., U.K., Belgium, France, China, India, Mexico, and Australia, and other sales and service operations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, Milliken's more than 7,000 associates work to deliver innovations that do good for the world, create new experiences, and build for the future.

As the Senior development engineer for NW, you will be responsible for conducting all relevant aspects of new or existing

product development opportunities within the fiber-based product families sold to the automotive and bedding market.

These activities will include overseeing the Development, testing, materials research, new vendor relations, customer

interactions and any significant process development thereof. This is an opportunity to learn the business and grow into a

Director of Development role. The position may require 30-40% travel both domestic and international.

Key Responsibilities :

Develop new products as defined by management (utilizing Technology Road Maps and other resources)

Perform preliminary cost matrix for any new product concepts or current product modifications within product unit

Optimize current product lines through material research and process optimization (supporting Kaizen Events and

Lean Manufacturing initiatives)

Work with Applications Engineers and Sales to develop any new OEM specification(s) needed to qualify new

products and penetrate given market(s)

Qualifications :

Four year engineering / technical degree preferably accompanied by advanced degree

Broad based relevant technical expertise and experience (e.g. textiles, FR, fiber science, polymer science, etc.);

manufacturing experience is a plus

5+ years’ experience in Automotive / Nonwovens / Molding Tier 1 or a relevant adjacency.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; will communicate with internal staff as well as external sales,

vendors and customers

Excellent analytical skills, working knowledge of statistics, proficiency with MS Office

Milliken & Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.