Graduate Materials Product Engineer - Polymers

Join HP Additive Manufacturing Polymers and help shape the future of Industrial Additive Manufacturing (HP AM). As a Materials Product Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the performance, quality, and scalability of polymer materials used in cutting-edge applications across industries. This is a unique opportunity to bridge R&D, manufacturing, and product engineering in a fast-evolving, innovation-driven environment. 

The Materials Product Engineer holds engineering and quality responsibility for released materials in the field. This includes working closely with material suppliers to ensure product quality in line with agreed specifications. The role also supports field investigations and escalations related to material performance and quality. Product Engineers own product specifications, assess proposed changes, and lead qualification activities to ensure overall product quality. They play a key role in both sustaining engineering and new product introduction. 

In new product development, Product Engineers collaborate with development teams to understand product requirements, identify potential risk areas, and define monitoring strategies. They also contribute to the definition of product stabilization plans and ongoing quality support. 

Additionally, Product Engineers support field escalations, working closely with Customer Assurance and Supply Chain teams to assess issues and propose timely, effective solutions. When working with suppliers, they monitor and track production quality data, analyze trends, and drive corrective actions when needed to ensure consistent product performance. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Support the development and validation of new materials and processes, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure performance and quality standards are met.  

• Conduct materials characterization, testing, and analysis, following established protocols and contributing to reliable data generation.  

• Assist in implementing and maintaining test protocols for production batches to ensure consistent material quality.  

• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners, effectively communicating test activities and results with them.  

• Contribute to product improvement and troubleshooting activities by supporting root cause analysis and proposing solutions working in a multidisciplinary team.  

• Maintain accurate technical documentation and support quality control systems, ensuring data integrity and traceability.  

• Support the development and improvement of traceability tools to enable real-time visibility of product evolution and quality.  

• Continuously learn and apply materials engineering principles, tools, and best practices to grow technical expertise. 

Education and Experience Required 

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in Materials Science (preferred), Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Physics, Chemists, or other Engineering or equivalent, obtained within the last 12 months. 

• No prior experience required, though any experience in a manufacturing environment involving chemicals or plastics, especially with quality control responsibilities, is considered a plus. 

Knowledge and Skills 

• Polymer Science Fundamentals: Basic knowledge of polymer science, including material properties, behavior, and processing principles. 

• Data Literacy: Basic knowledge of data science and/or data analytics concepts, with willingness to further develop these skills. 

• Digital & Analytical Tools: Familiarity with data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Minitab, Python) 

• Learning Agility & Continuous Improvement Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity and a proactive attitude to develop technical and analytical skills and improve processes, tools and ways of working. 

• Attention to Detail: Ensures accuracy in testing, data collection, and documentation.  

• Teamwork & Collaboration: Works effectively within multidisciplinary teams and builds positive working relationships.  

• Communication Skills: Clearly communicates technical information in a structured and concise way.  

• Problem Solving: Demonstrates a structured approach to identifying and addressing issues with guidance.  

• Accountability: Takes ownership of assigned tasks and follows through reliably.