Sr. Customer & Application Development Engineer - Reaction Injection Molding

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What role you will play in our team

Help grow our ProxximaTM polyolefin thermoset system business. These resin formulations are based on cyclic C5 monomers and other proprietary monomers and additives. Our catalyst formulations have strong foundations in Nobel Prize-winning technology developed by Professor Robert Grubbs and his research team. This powerful combination produces polymers that have the capability to outperform today’s thermoset composite solutions across a broad set of everyday applications such as wind turbine blades, electric vehicle parts, construction, and anticorrosion coatings.

Your role is to help prospective customers around the world convert from their existing thermoset products to ProxximaTM polyolefin thermoset systems by demonstrating cycle time, weight, and physical performance advantages on their composite fabrication equipment.

Your office is at the Baytown Technology and Engineering Complex located in Baytown, Texas. However, a significant part of your time will be spent collaborating with commercial colleagues located at the ExxonMobil Campus in Spring, Texas, as well as occasionally traveling in North America and internationally to support customer trials.

What you will do

• Provide on-site technical support for customers producing non-reinforced molded goods using reaction injection molding (RIM)

• Assist customers in optimizing / troubleshooting their process to run ProxximaTM resins and, where needed, provide guidance on equipment upgrades

• Lead application development projects utilizing RIM equipment located in our Baytown facilities

• Personally run this equipment to produce samples needed for these projects and customer sampling

• Provide technical insights gleaned from the market to help guide new application developments

• Provide market insights to inform and update business strategy

• Develop novel technology to strengthen the portfolio of intellectual property

• Author technical reports and technical publications to share learnings

• Co-author promotional brochures and technical data sheets highlighting performance benefits

• Train and mentor less experienced colleagues

About you

Minimum Skills and Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering

• 5-10 yrs. of experience operating or supervising manufacturing of thermoset parts using RIM process

• Hands-on and willing / able to operate equipment without technician support

• Strong interpersonal, analytical and communication skills

• Proficient in use of computers and possess excellent administrative and organizational skills

• Good team player and self-motivated

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.

• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.

• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.

• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.

• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

• More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at

• Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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