Senior Technical Engineer

Victrex is hiring a Senior Technical Engineer. Level rates it ; you can apply on Victrex.

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At present, we are not accepting any candidates via a recruitment agency or third party.

The Role

We are looking for a qualified Senior Technical Engineer to join our technical team in China. To deploy technical understanding and solutions in developing new business in electronics application through deploying new products at a range of OEM & Tier 1 customers in China & Multiregional customers.

Job Responsibilities

· Develop and exploit design, development and application know-how in Victrex’ Electronics markets, acting as both internal and external expert advisor.

· Lead new product launch projects in China electronics markets, managing technical and engineering support targets, developing a supporting technical network and being accountable to deliver technical milestones to agreed plans.

· Define and deliver broad technical support and network with OEMs and Key Opinion Leaders to electronics targets, working with business development team on defining high impact plans.

· Deliver major business growth impact based on proactive technical proposals aligned to commercial plans defined with Market and Business development team colleagues, being responsible for target technical case management and jointly building Tier 1 / OEM partner account plans.

· Develop and deliver key account education programs, including development and provision of applications and component technical proof data, supporting new and existing products where change/application awareness and understanding in the Electronics market is critical for success.

· Lead new application design and development within customers, driving Technical Readiness Level from defining Key End-User Requirements demanded, to ensuring delivery and sign-off against critical needs and specification through transition into SOP sales.

· Delivery of the commercial pipeline by deploying at the customer, technical knowledge and solutions for Victrex products in targeted application areas, from adoption and through growth phases of the lifecycle.

Requirements

· Solid knowledge and experience in polymer materials application in electronics (5G/6G devices, semiconductors, consumer electronics)

· Competent experience in OEM/T1 project support, customer-facing technical delivery, cross-functional collaboration

· Strong Chinese & English communication and presentations skills

· Intensive experience working in a multiple functional and cross-regional team to drive new application development and implementation at customer.

· Competent problem-solving skills including DOE, experimental delivery and statistical analysis

· Bachelor degree or equivalent in electrical engineering, relevant polymer science, materials, chemistry or engineering is required. Advanced degree is preferred.

· Understanding of electronics markets & business case/value proposition development (preferred)

· Exposure to global collaboration and supplier coordination (preferred)

· Familiarity with project management, stage-gate, IP/patents/contracts (Preferred)

Our Offer to You

We offer competitive base salary depending on your qualifications and experience, amongst other company incentives. Our employee offering doesn't stop there, we offer hybrid/remote working with this role, an additional pension scheme and paid holidays.

About Victrex

Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics and medical. Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices.

With over 40 years‘ experience, we are developing world leading solutions with PEEK and PAEK-based polymers and selected semi-finished and finished parts which enable environmental and societal benefit for our customers and our markets and drive value for our shareholders

Vision and culture

At Victrex we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions which address world material challenges every day.

This underpins our core values; passion, innovation and performance which are at the heart of our business.

Our culture is shaped by how we work together, driving for results with a focus on customers, continuous improvement and doing the right thing. Our values, passion, innovation, and performance are at the heart of our business and we value and recognise how every employee plays an important role in enabling us to deliver our growth strategy.

Sustainability is core to our strategy. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint while supporting society through our sustainable products and making a positive impact on our local communities. In 2022 we were proud to be named as a European Climate Leader by the Financial Times, as well as receiving prestigious accreditation recognition, including EcoVadis Gold rating, inclusion in the Apple clean energy supplier programme and maintaining a long-standing recognition by FTSE Russell in their Green Revenues index, for how our products can support CO2 reduction.

How we rate this

Senior Technical Engineer at Victrex rates 30 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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