Film Product Development Engineer Job at PPG Industries, Inc in New Albany

Overview

Film Product Development Engineer

PPG Industries

New Albany Ohio (Columbus)

We are looking for an experienced Engineer to join our team at PPG Advanced Film Technologies in New Albany, Ohio (Columbus). You will be based in our brand-new pilot-scale facility, where you will contribute to the development of market-disruptive coatings technologies. Our thermoplastic film technologies offer enhanced customization, lightweighting, and protective properties for automotive applications and beyond.

As an Engineer in our Pilot Scale Development team, you will help accelerate the assessment of new formulations and simulating customer line conditions for successful product launches.

Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to use PPG's expertise in technology development and bridge the gap between laboratory results and manufacturing excellence. You will create science and technology for PPG AST films, collaborating across new business / product development and combining material science, engineering, and chemistry.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop new lab and pilot line and their test methods to help to accelerate the assessment of new formulations and simulate customer line conditions to increase the speed and success rate of product launches
• Design projects to determine related materials properties and their applications. Thermomechanical materials properties and interfaces
• Design and develop pilot line capabilities and establish formulation-property-process relationships to establish performance capabilities based on chemistry and materials science
• Develop pilot trials and scale up to the production team
• Generate ideas for new films systems and thermoforming application processes.
• Lead technical milestones.
• Work safely, following all lab procedures and contribute to the maintenance of high safety standards.

Qualifications

Preferred

About us

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

PPG : WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG :

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are "One PPG" to the world.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday - everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

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