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Digital Innovation Engineer
BuckmanUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 May 2026
About the role
Digital Innovation Engineer
Buckman – Memphis, TN
Location: Memphis, TN
Language: English
Travel: None
Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment.
Position Summary
Contributes to the success of Buckman’s digital strategy by collaborating with the digital team, stakeholders and external partners on initiatives and successfully completing work on regional/global projects.
Key Outcomes/Responsibilities
Successfully completes work to support the completion of complex global digital projects that positively impact the customer experience and increase the adoption of digital solutions.
- Serves as a technical leader (software and/or hardware) on at least one digital project ensuring technical problems and challenges are resolved.
- Completes aligned work throughout the entire life cycle of product development, including idea generation, rapid prototyping to develop MVP candidates, product development, and commercial deployment.
- Completes analyses and creates key documentation (e.g. project and resource plan) to support and advance the project during the phase gate process.
- Works with external partners and reviews SOW technical documentation to ensure clarity and completeness.
- Delivers outcomes in one of these focus areas: sensor development, automation and controls, back end development , front end development, IoT development, data engineering, data analytics, mobile development, or data science.
Supports and helps drive an innovative culture
- Suggests new and useful ideas or solutions.
- Takes the initiative to learn innovative methods, tools, and technology and show others how they can be applied to work tasks.
Aligns work with strategies
- Understands, buys-in and ensures alignment with Buckman 4.0 and the digital strategy.
Collaborates effectively with the global digital team and with other departments, stakeholders and leaders
- Works effectively with R&D partners, digital associates, Strategic Marketing and sales to deliver effective digital solutions.
- Ensures alignment and buy-in of digital direction with stakeholders and internal partners.
- Understands the global digital ecosystem and learns to work productively across this ecosystem.
For Digital Insights Lab Associates: Performs key tasks in monitoring, troubleshooting and resolving sales associate problems/issues.
- Resolves sales associate’s questions or problems with the Ackumen platform (e.g., technical process questions, problem resolution with an account, how to complete a certain task).
- Monitors and triages Ackumen alarms for customer chemical usage and takes appropriate action as needed (resolution of problem, notification of sales associate to respond to issue).
- Responds and escalates service requests from sales associates to the appropriate tier of support.
Basic Qualifications
- B.S. or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related engineering / technical field plus 3 years experience
- Demonstrates an understanding of the core concepts in one or
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