Automotive Market Development Engineer

📋 Description

• Manage development activities associated with thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) materials.
• Identify strategic automotive markets, target customers, application opportunities, and material
• Pursue new business opportunities through customer engagement, market development, and technical
• Collaborate with product development engineers to create material solutions that address customer
• Interpret sample and testing results and provide customers with data sheets and relevant physical
• Coordinate and participate in customer molding trials, providing technical feedback to guide future

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, science, or an equivalent field, and/or 5–7 years of
• At least 5 years of experience in the automotive sector is expected.
• Strong technical knowledge of plastics and/or rubber materials and technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to use technical expertise to identify and develop new business opportunities.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong, long-term customer relationships.
• Experience collaborating effectively with commercial and product development teams to develop

🎁 Benefits

• Remote work opportunity based in Michigan, ideally eastern Michigan, or northern Ohio.
• Opportunity to combine materials engineering, technical development, customer engagement, and
• Direct involvement with automotive converters, Tier suppliers, and OEMs.
• Exposure to TPE materials, product development, customer molding trials, and material approval
• Opportunity to influence new product and technology development based on customer and market needs.
• Significant customer-facing responsibility and ownership of market development activities.