CFRTP Process Development Engineer - Winona MN
Celanese Corporation is a leading global integrated producer of chemicals and advanced materials used in consumer products and industrial applications. Our products are essential building blocks in the conveniences and components that make up modern life --- everything from cell phones to food ingredients, to medical products, packaging, and vehicle parts. Our operations are primarily located in North America, Europe and Asia.
About Ticona –our Advanced Engineered Materials division
Ticona Engineering Polymers is a leading global supplier of engineered thermoplastics having advanced mechanical, chemical and thermal performance. These plastics are often chosen over metal, ceramic and glass to help reduce component weight, consolidate parts and meet tough specifications. Ticona has central offices in Florence, Kentucky (near Cincinnati, Ohio) and Kelsterbach, Germany. It also operates many production, compounding and R&D facilities in the U.S., China, Germany and Brazil. Beyond the nine resin families it offers, Ticona supports its customers with critical design and engineering services from product concept to prototyping and production. The company's plastics are used in industries ranging from automotive, electrical, electronics and medical to appliance, chemicals and consumer products.
About the Winona, MN facility: • Established in 1980 as Polymer Composites Inc. (PCI) • Became part of the Ticona family in 1986 • The facility, constructed in 1991, is located between the rolling bluffs of the beautiful Mississippi River Valley in Winona, Minn., about 120 miles southeast of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. • Principal Products: Celstran and Compel Purpose and Summary of position:
Responsible for the process development of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTP) pultruded products with various fiber reinforcements and thermoplastic polymer matrices. • This person will be gathering input from the sales and marketing team, as well as customers, in order to facilitate the development of new products, using both novel & existing process methods to meet or exceed their requirements • This job will require close collaboration with various tooling & equipment manufacturers, design companies, raw material vendors and internal departments, (e.g. analytics & testing, R&D of other product lines, and CAE/CFD/CAD support) • Developing process technology for multiple composite designs by combining thermoplastic polymers and fibers via pultrusion process • This position will also encompass working with plant engineering on the scale-up process for production
