Application Development Engineer

Symphony Search is advertising an Application Development Engineer role for an unnamed employer. The role serves as the main technical contact for customers and leads development, commercialization, and technical service for flexible packaging solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the Commercial Team to identify and successfully commercialize flexible packaging opportunities at targeted accounts
• Leading technical activities to expand sales of existing structures, develop new flexible packaging structures, drive cost savings, and improve product performance
• Building and maintaining strong technical customer relations
• Translating customer requirements to company specifications and developing manufacturing instructions
• Ensuring portfolio is aligned with the business priorities and the needs of the customer
• Defining project success criteria, drawing conclusions based on data, making technical recommendations, and managing projects. Projects are often fast paced with high visibility
• Developing and leading pilot, production, and filling/packing trials. Publishing trial reports for internal and/or external distribution
• Coordinating activities to accomplish tasks using available internal and external resources
• Providing routine technical service
• Preparing written and verbal presentations, project plans, updates, and periodic reports for internal and external use
• Traveling domestically and internationally to manufacturing plants, suppliers, customers, conferences, and other innovation partners
• Maintaining complete and accurate work records, including documentation for intellectual property protection

Requirements:

• Strong material science knowledge (PE, PP, PET, nylon, paper and/or foil-based laminations)
• New product development, flexible packaging applications, project management, and customer relationships
• Bachelor of Science degree
• or other Engineering discipline, Materials Science, Food Science, Packaging, or Plastics related field
• 2-10 years of Flexible Packaging Product Development and manufacturing processes. Processes include printing (flexo/roto), adhesive lamination, coating, slitting, pouching, bagmaking and form/fill/seal conversion
• preferably in Chemical Engineering
• Specific experience in poultry or other protein, meat snacks, hard-to-hold, retort, hot fill, personal care and/or liquid applications