Materials Engineer jobs in Michigan

Position Summary

Company Overview:

Wolverine Advanced Materials, an entity of ITT Corporation’s Motion Technologies Division, is a leading developer and manufacturer of high performance materials. Our core competency is in performance-critical, specialty elastomer–coated metals that offer damping and seal-ability solutions in the automotive and gasket industries. 

ITT is a diversified leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions for the energy, transportation and industrial markets. Building on its heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life. Founded in 1920, ITT is headquartered in Stamford, CT, with employees in more than 35 countries and sales in a total of approximately 125 countries. The company generated 2014 revenues of $2.7 billion. For more information, visit www.itt.com.

Motion Technologies is one of four ITT Value Centers focused on the Transportation industry. The Motion Technologies Value Center generates over $862M in revenues and is made up of three businesses.

Wolverine’s Global Footprint:

We employ approximately 600 people worldwide, with global headquarters in Dearborn, MI.

Sales and Technical Offices                

•        Dearborn, Michigan  

•        Chennai, India

•        Ohrignen, Germany

•        Shanghai, China

•        Tokyo, Japan

Manufacturing Operations

•       Blacksburg, VA

•       Changshu, China

•       Leesburg, Florida

•       Ohringen, Germany

Position Summary:

The chemist will be responsible for assisting in the design of products, and customer recommendations for all product lines which includes sealing, brake applications and NVH / NSV.

Essential Responsibilities

Position Responsibilities:

• Conducts chemical research and development related to coated products.

• Assists in the development of potentially improved RCM formulations.

• Assists with planning and coordination of plant scale-up studies for improved formulations.

• Characterizes materials, screens, optimizes, and collects reproducible data.

• Provides technical support/troubleshooting to technology applicable issues in manufacturing or related to product performance as needed.

• Assists and provides input into test methodology.

• Manages solvent/chemicals purchase specifications.

• Maintains working knowledge of safety policies and regulations to ensure duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner.

• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for the performance of this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements.

Position Requirements

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.

• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

• Ability to effectively present information to management,

• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.

• Problem solving and analysis skills that include the collection, evaluation and reporting of data and information related to system problems and observations.

• Strong communication skills that include attentive listening, ability to respond to opinions constructively and effectively present ideas to an audience.

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*Wolverine Advanced Materials is an equal opportunity employer.  

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