Ainsley Search Group is Hiring a Product Development Engineer with experience in leading life cycle of new product development for a Global Manufacturer of Performance Materials based in Chester County. This Product Development Engineer will report to New Product Development Manager, work with sales team, product manager, manufacturing, R&D, engineering to lead the life cycle of new product development from concept design, prototyping, testing, materials and technologies research, process commercialization, etc., troubleshoot and research root cause customer complaints, provide technical support on product application with customers, research new technologies and materials, drives improvement on production process, product application, etc.. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity with lucrative compensation, bonus, benefit, relocation assistance and career advancement path. Responsibilities: Report to New Product Development Manager and support the new product development projects of custom performance materials products, support R&D Formulation, testing, commercialization, product roadmap, retirement, etc. Based on customer requirements to use CAD to design, prototype of new product, work with cross functional teams to establish product validity, cost effectiveness, and reproduce-ability. Based on existing product design, apply data analysis on production process, quality issues, application to evaluate product validity, identify improvement opportunity to redesign or modify existing design and further drive cost saving and process improvement. Define New Product Development project timeline, budget, oversee project progress to ensure product development project is within timeline and apply cost control, trouble bottleneck during project life cycle. Work closely with 3rd party suppliers on new capex and manufacturing technologies needed for NPD commercialization; work cross functionally with engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, customers, and suppliers to ensure NPD and commercialization process. Work cross functionally with sales and marketing, provide technical resource on product application to sales process, provide technical manual and resource to marketing channels. Travel to customers as need to research, investigate, and resolve customer complaints on product, quality, and applications. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering. Recent years of tenure as Product Development Engineer, Design Application Engineer within manufacturing industrySolid knowledge of technical process, quality indicators, downstream and upstream applications during product development process. Project management skills, able to define project scales on timeline and cost. Excellent communication and people skills. Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, strong at problem solving skills. Excellent communication and people skills, ability to work with different level of personnel within the organization and ability to establish rapport with customers and suppliers. Compensation & Benefit: Competitive base compensation Lucrative performance bonus401k with match Yearend bonus PTO and Paid holidays Life insurance Long-term/short-term Generous relocation assistanceTuition Reimbursement