How You'll Help Us Connect the World Collaborate with product design engineers and product managers to develop material specifications tailored to product requirements. Work closely with the manufacturing and purchasing organizations to execute material substitution, replacement and cost reduction projects. Coordinate and supervise validation testing of materials for a variety of network applications and operating environments. Provide expert advice and consultation on polymer material selection to product design engineers and cross-functional development teams. Develop sophisticated materials solutions for fiber optic interconnect product designs. Read, interpret and apply relevant industry standards