About The Role
We are looking for a Process Development Engineer (m/f/d) to join our team in Putzbrunn, Germany, for an initial 12-month temporary assignment, with the potential to transition into a permanent position. In this role, you will lead the development, scale-up, and validation of manufacturing processes, with a focus on coating, lamination, and electrospinning technologies. You will collaborate across product development, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and external partners to translate product requirements into robust, scalable process solutions. This hands-on role offers the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges and directly support the commercialization of new products.
Responsibilities
- Lead process development and scale-up, defining process windows and material-process relationships for robust, reproducible manufacturing.
- Apply Design for Manufacturing principles to align product, material, process, and manufacturing requirements.
- Partner with product development engineers on prototyping, process development, and commercialization.
- Serve as a key technical interface with manufacturing teams, external partners, and suppliers.
- Plan and execute experiments, process trials, scale-up, validation, and sample delivery.
- Troubleshoot material and process issues with manufacturing, quality, and supplier partners.
- Align technical requirements and manufacturing readiness across cross-functional teams.
- Analyze and document results, specifications, validation outcomes, and recommendations.
- Identify equipment and process capability needs with engineering partners.
- Assess manufacturing capacity, supplier capability, process risk, and commercialization readiness
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical or comparable Engineering degree.
- Credentials: Min. of 5 years of relevant experience in R&D process development, scale-up, and validation.
- Experience: Experience with external manufacturers, suppliers, or partners.
- Knowledge: Competence in web handling and process mapping between materials, conditions, and product performance. Understanding of Design for Manufacturing principles.
- Skills: Strong data analysis, experimental execution, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills. Effective cross-functional communication including across engineering and supply chain.
- Abilities: Ability to translate product requirements into specifications. Ability to work hands-on and manage priorities in a fast paced environment.
- Travel: Ability to travel up to 10%.
- Language skills: Fluent in German and English is mandatory
Desired Qualifications
- Education: in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, or a closely related field preferred
- Credentials: Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in R&D process development and scale-up involving coating, lamination, and electrospinning.
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Process Development Engineer (m/f/d) Arbeitgeber: W. L. Gore & Associates
Gore ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der seinen Mitarbeitern in Putzbrunn (München) eine dynamische und unterstützende Arbeitsumgebung bietet. Mit einem starken Fokus auf persönliche Entwicklung und Teamarbeit profitieren Sie von flexiblen Arbeitsmodellen sowie einem umfassenden Vergütungsprogramm, das unter anderem Aktienbeteiligungen und Gewinnbeteiligungen umfasst. Hier haben Sie die Möglichkeit, in einem internationalen Umfeld zu arbeiten und aktiv zur Verbesserung globaler Prozesse beizutragen.
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