Lead Materials Engineer
$117,400–$152,000 year
HybridLawrence, Kansas, United States
Job Summary
Lead product engineering efforts and develop new products with the Product Creation team across all categories. Plan, drive, and validate products from initial idea to commercial ready stage by attending briefs, making supplier recommendations, and troubleshooting material issues through prototyping. Identify opportunities to partner with suppliers for sustainable materials and technical solutions meeting corporate goals. Lead final product validation, create material specifications, and drive novel advances in knitted, woven, and synthetic material processing. Execute real-time priority adjustments, build contingency plans, and communicate progress clearly to global teams. Work across innovation, materials, sourcing, quality, and legal functions to remove barriers and improve processes.
Required Qualifications
- MS or equivalent experience in Textile Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, or Textile Chemistry
- 9+ years professional experience
- at least 5 years material research and/or development
- In depth knowledge of infrastructure and processes required to support a global manufacturer in the areas of material development and testing, technical evaluation, product development calendar and materials engineering
- Excellent computer skills: PowerPoint, Excel, Sharepoint, Smartsheets, Adobe Illustrator
- Experience in the field of material research, development, global sourcing and commercialization of knits, wovens, print, dye, wash and finish
- Experience turning ideas into concepts and concepts into commercial products, including developing new tools, equipment, processes and standards with machine manufacturers and material suppliers
- curious, open minded, always up for a challenge
- apply their analytic skills to solve problems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- multi-tasking
- organization skills
- Ability and willingness to work in a team-oriented, creative environment
- Ability to effectively balance work in-person and remotely to fit with New Ways of Working
- Some domestic and international travel may be required
Desired Qualifications
- A successful candidate will be curious, open minded, always up for a challenge
- They should apply their analytic skills to solve problems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, multi-tasking, and organization skills
- Ability and willingness to work in a team-oriented, creative environment
- Ability to effectively balance work in-person and remotely to fit with New Ways of Working
- Some domestic and international travel may be required
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