Senior Composites Customer and Application Development(CAD) Engineer

About us 

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About Baytown

 

With a population of more than 77,000, Baytown, Texas, is located in the Gulf Coast region of the United States, just east of Houston, the nation's fourth largest city. Those who live and work in Baytown will find an area rich in history, as well as opportunities for outdoor activities due to its proximity to scenic waterways, namely Galveston Bay, the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou.

 

Founded in 1919, ExxonMobil's Baytown Complex is located on approximately 3,400 acres along the Houston Ship Channel, about 25 miles east of Houston. Employing a workforce of more than 8,500, it is comprised of four manufacturing sites, including one in nearby Mont Belvieu, and a global technology center. These include the Baytown Refinery, one of the largest refineries in the United States, and the Baytown Olefins Plant, one of the largest ethylene plants in the world.

 

Its scope of products includes fuels, lube oils, and chemical compounds used in a diverse range of products, from auto battery cases, diapers and tire inner tubes to pharmaceutical uses, food packaging, trash bags and more.

 

The Baytown area sites are highly integrated, which makes the plants and products more efficient as we develop technologies to make cleaner fuels and work together to operate more safely and reliably.

 

Learn more about what we do in Baytown here. 

What role you will play in our team

 

• Join us in helping grow our ProxximaTM polyolefin thermoset system business.  These resin formulations are based on cyclic C5 monomers and other proprietary monomers and additives. Our catalyst formulations have strong foundations in Nobel Prize-winning technology developed by Professor Robert Grubbs and his research team. This powerful combination produces polymers that have the capability to outperform today’s thermoset composite solutions across a broad set of everyday applications such as wind turbine blades, electric vehicle parts, construction, and anticorrosion coatings.

 

• Your role is to help prospective customers around the world convert from their existing thermoset products to ProxximaTM polyolefin thermoset systems by demonstrating cycle time, weight, and physical performance advantages on their composite fabrication equipment.

 

• Your office is at the Baytown Technology and Engineering Complex located in Baytown, Texas. However, a significant part of your time will be spent collaborating with commercial colleagues located at the ExxonMobil Campus in Spring, Texas, as well as traveling throughout North America and internationally to support customer trials.
   

What you will do 

 

• Provide on-site technical support for customers producing composites via high pressure (HP) resin transfer molding (RTM), pultrusion, and filament winding processes.
• Assist customers in optimizing their process to run ProxximaTM resins and, where needed, provide guidance on equipment upgrades.
• Provide technical insights to help guide new application developments.
• Provide market insights to inform and update business strategy.
• Develop novel technology to strengthen the portfolio of intellectual property.
• Train and mentor less experienced colleagues.

 

About you 

 

Skills and Qualifications 

 

• B.S. or higher in Engineering, Material Science, or equivalent
• Extensive composite fabrication experience – Five to ten years of experience, i.e., deep understanding, of high-pressure resin transfer molding (HPRMT) and/or reactive injection molding (RIM) part fabrication processes
• Working understanding of thermoset chemistry in systems such as epoxy, polyure