Associate Chemical Engineer, Sustaining R&D

About the Role

The Sustaining R&D Associate Chemical Engineer is involved in design, product improvement, testing, and analysis utilizing a variety of chemical engineering disciplines. As a member of the Sustaining R&D team, you will verify, validate, and implement design changes to currently marketed products. This role supports cross-functional initiatives to enhance product performance, quality, customer satisfaction, and cost-efficiency, while ensuring compliance with internal quality systems and applicable EPA & FDA regulations in the consumable medical device and antimicrobial pesticide industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports all initiatives related to R&D Sustaining Engineering.
• Collaborates with project team members and other functional departments to assess, verify, validate, and implement product design changes to currently marketed products in alignment with internal design change procedures.
• Creates and conducts design verifications, validation protocols, and reports.
• Reviews and evaluates design change requests to products to support changes in manufacturing processes, packaging, and labeling.
• Provides input on Risk Management activities as per company procedures.
• Performs product testing, evaluation, failure analysis, and investigation of customer returns.
• Interacts with Suppliers and factory regarding product technical issues.
• Creates and/or modifies product design, specifications, drawings, procedures, CAD models (Solidworks/AutoCAD), and Engineering Change Requests in accordance with quality system procedures.
• Collects and provides product design feedback to engineering and production operations personnel.
• Investigates customer complaints and field failures, develops solutions, and implements them into production in accordance with internal quality system procedures. This requires interfacing with the Customer Care Team and sometimes customers.
• Prepares cost estimates on proposed major design products.
• Estimated 5% travel will be required.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's in Engineering, with a Chemical Engineering degree preferred.
• Relevant Engineering experience.
• Must reside within a commutable distance to Pomona, CA.

Qualifications

• Experience with standard chemical/physical testing and/or engineering development/optimization.
• Experience with analytical instruments (pH meter, densometer, gas chromatography, and auto-titrator) is desirable.
• Basic understanding of root-cause analysis.
• Performed lab duties under good laboratory practices (GLP).
• Experience in wet chemistry and liquid formulation techniques.
• Basic understanding of FDA QMSR Part 820 and ISO 13485.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with dental devices is optional but desirable.