Engineer - Development

Albany International Corp.•Kaukauna, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Albany International is seeking a Development Engineer to join their Kaukauna R&D Product Engineering team. This role involves developing high-performance products for the tissue and paper manufacturing industries, aiming to improve efficiency, sustainability, and productivity. The company is a global leader in custom-designed consumable fabrics, belts, and felts for papermaking and tissue manufacturing, with operations in 10 countries. The Kaukauna location focuses on developing and manufacturing high-performance fabrics for tissue machines worldwide. This hands-on engineering role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to solve challenges, support product development and manufacturing, and drive improvements in performance, quality, and sustainability.

Requirements

Applied Statistics and Design-of-Experiments Methodology
Problem solving skills
Good oral and written English skills
Ability to work independently or as part of a team
2+ years work experience in an R&D, engineering, lab or equivalent technical/project work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Support development of custom-engineered fabrics that improve paper machine efficiency, sheet quality, dryness, energy performance, softness, bulk, and absorbency.
Design and evaluate new weave patterns through laboratory testing, modeling, pilot loom trials, and manufacturing-scale validation.
Analyze performance data, troubleshoot issues, and document manufacturing centerlines.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation, solve complex challenges, and deliver high-impact solutions for customers.
Conducts pilot trials and/or laboratory tests on multiple projects both independently and as a team member.
Builds and tests laboratory prototypes of new product concepts.
Produces documents, summarizes, interprets and reports laboratory data in support of an assigned R&D project and/or technical service task.
Generates ideas for research or new products.
Plans, conducts, schedules, and coordinates small projects.
Gains knowledge of Albany products and markets.
Uses knowledge and understanding of the manufacturing and laboratory equipment and testing processes to solve problems.
Exercises judgment on the progress of the work and makes changes to tasks as needed.
Delivers written reports and/or oral technical presentations on test or pilot trial results to leaders and managers.
Designs custom equipment modifications or develops custom test methods as needed.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to develop, test, and optimize products, processes and materials.
Reads, understands and is committed to conducting business in accordance to Albany International’s Business Ethics Policy.