Application Development Engineer

DuPont - Richmond, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Richmond, VA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Application Development Engineer at DuPont will play a crucial role in supporting the Tyvek® Roll Goods line of business. This position involves collaborating with external customers to address product quality and technical service inquiries, as well as contributing to new product application development. The engineer will work closely with internal teams and serve as a subject matter expert, ensuring that customer needs are met through innovative solutions and effective technical support.

Responsibilities

• Support customers and internal teams for product quality related questions in relationship to Tyvek® Roll Good applications.
• Provide effective technical support to customers on application related questions.
• Provide fitness for use assessment in internal management of change processes.
• Support management of change projects.
• Support development of technical channel partners and distributors within targeted market segments.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for internal and external customers stakeholders.
• Develop in-depth understanding of the competitive technology environment.
• Prepare/contribute to product literature, sales tools, and case stories for new and existing products.
• Conduct technical trainings and/or seminars for distributors and customers.
• Write and publish technical papers/articles for selected conferences/tradeshows.
• Support our innovation pipeline for Tyvek® Roll Goods applications by working hand in hand with marketing and sales to collect market-back insights.
• Understand customer needs and translate into innovative product solutions, meeting application performance and cost in-use requirements, and collaborating with R&D to develop new products to meet current and future needs.
• Drive technically longer-term growth projects in Tyvek® Roll Goods applications in a disciplined manner.
• Continuously monitor competitive, technical and customer trends.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, or related fields.
• Master's degree in materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, or a comparable field preferred.
• Competency in packaging science, nonwovens, films, coatings, printing, and adhesives required.
• 5+ years' experience in packaging, printing industry or manufacturing settings.
• Six Sigma training, statistics competence or certifications are a positive.
• Demonstrated experience leading projects.
• Computer Literacy: PowerPoint and Excel Savvy.

Nice-to-haves

• Intellectual curiosity and an ability to rapidly absorb and understand technical concepts and apply them in creative ways.
• Innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial initiative.
• Track records in successfully leading projects.
• Results Oriented, ability to influence key stakeholders (external and internal).
• Rigor: makes decisions driven by analytics and market insight.
• Self-starter with a pragmatic, hands-on approach.
• Strong people skills and cultural quotient- proven ability to work in diverse, cross-functional team environment.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and incentives to recognize skills, competencies, and contributions to business results.
• Collaborative environment with flexibility that enhances work-life balance.
• Inclusive atmosphere that is welcoming to all.