Product Design Engineer - Technical Service Engineer

Product Design Engineer (Technical Service Engineer)

We connect science to life for a better future.

With 50,000 patents, 20,000 employees and 58 locations worldwide, LG Chem is one of the largest science and chemical companies in the world. With its rapid growth, LG Chem endeavors to become a 'Global Top 5 Chemical Company' with a balanced business portfolio that has a competitive advantage across the globe, including business divisions in petrochemicals, advanced materials, life sciences, and a subsidiary specializing in batteries.

LG Chem is a leading chemical company in Korea that has continuously achieved growth through relentless challenges and innovation since its establishment in 1947. From the infrangible facial cream lid to the world's most advanced batteries, LG Chem has turned dreams into reality and enriched our lives for 70 years. Building upon a balanced and globally competitive business portfolio, LG Chem manufactures a wide range of products from high-value added petrochemicals to renewable plastics, specializing in cutting-edge electronic and battery materials such as cathodes, as well as drugs and vaccines to deliver differentiated solutions for its customers.

Beyond a chemical company, LG Chem will become a leading science-oriented corporation that creates value for our customers and is committed to reaching carbon-neutral growth by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050 by managing the impacts of climate change and making positive contributions to society through renewable energy and responsible supply chains.

We are actively searching for a Product Design Engineer (Technical Service Engineer) with Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or Plastics experience to liaison between our products and clients. In this role the Product Design Engineer will have a mechanical engineering background such as Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace / Automotive / Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Precision Engineering and Design or others and will work directly with our client in the Automotive, Home Appliance or Consumer product industries. This is not a remote position and is based in our new Customer Solutions Center in Ravennah, OH.

What You'll Be Doing

Essential Functions (include but are not limited to):

Responsibilities include :

• Research and develop the advanced product design process and technology such as design optimization, plastic assembly design, Computer Aided Engineering (Structural, Vibration, heat flow/deformation, flow analysis), advance material testing and numerical analysis (ex. High strain rate, fatigue, creep, residual stress, etc), Metal & PC/ABS replacement design, Plastic life cycle assessments, fractography, Product assessment tools & methods, Benchmarking & Reverse engineering, root cause analysis, etc.
• Communicate with customers and feedback the solution on / off line
• Investigate, research the new technology and find practical solutions for customers
• Design the experiments, testing methods, CAE ( ABAQUS, ANSYIS, LS-Dyna), Pre & Post Process (Hyperworks, CATIA) and schedule, implement it in time
• Strong background in problem solving, using multiple analytical procedures to identify and characterize product design problems
• Prepare technical reports, data summaries and other technical documents
• Plan and set up the new equipment, tools at CS Campus, etc.
• Manage the lab (materials, machines, facilities) and set up SOP (Safety Operating Process Manuals)
• Hold a product design seminar for customers and training the junior, sales, CS staff
• Communicate and collaborate with HQ (suggest or given task), make up the technical road map

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: What We're Looking For

Competencies/Desired Skills:

Education: Bachelor's or master's degrees in mechanical engineering relevant fields such as Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace / Automotive / Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Precision Engineering and Design, etc. highly preferred

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience of product design, computer aided engineering (FEA/CAE analysis), advanced material testing, numerical analysis or relavant fields at OEM or Tier 1 of automotive, highly preferred.
• Experience in ABAQUS or relavant Finite Element Analysis (FEA) program like NASTRAN, PAM Crash, LS-Dyna, ANSYS, PATRAN, etc higly preferred.
• Experice in Hyperworks (Hypermesh), 2D & 3D Modling tools like CATIA or ProE, Fusion 360, AutoCAD, Design X, Solidworks, etc
• Knolwedge of various thermoplastic materials and evalution tools (UTM, Fatigue, Creep, High strain rate, Vibration welding, etc), fractography and DOE (Design of Experiments)
• Collaboration experience with product designer and manufacturing engineer group at OEM/ODM
• Powerpoint, Excel, Words Skills (Presentation Skill)
• Strong communication and coordination skills

Preferred Qualification/What We'd Like to See:

• Confident and reliable interaction with all hierarchies, customers and suppliers
• Be proactive, dedicated commitment and high ability to communicate
• Positive impact on team by the providing of coaching and mentoring colleagues, sharing accumulated expertise
• Proven ability to work independently under high pressure and comfortable working in a dynamic environment, curious spirit and willingness to work in fast-paced team
• Self-starter with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Strategic management competency: pro-actively identifying problems, targets, relevant issues. Ability to evaluate data, strategical planning and forecasting as well as developing processes
• Knowledge of procedures and methodology is essential, ability to analyze and make the choice of applied procedures, risk and profit forecast
• Understanding the impact of specific data patterns and trends on the business. The ability to define specific needs, generate solutions and lead all technical aspects of the project
• Ability to assume the leading role by the implementation of the new projects. Developing new solutions with existing technology
• Strong documentation skills and a high level of attention to details
• Ability to work in teams, high degree of social and cross-cultural competency
• High learning and flexibility
• Ability to encourage collaboration, a cooperative mindset
• Agile mindset with a positive attitude to change and meaningful growth
• Willingness to travel

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.