Senior Engineer, New Product Introduction Engineering
About The Position
Entegris is seeking a Senior Engineer, New Product Introduction Engineering, based at its Aurora, Illinois facility. The role serves as a bridge between R&D and Operations, supporting the development of new products and processes and their successful transfer into commercial manufacturing. The engineer builds technical and operational understanding, ensures operational readiness, mitigates launch risks, and supports delivery of high-quality products to customers. The position partners with formulation scientists and other stakeholders to understand requirements, conducts hazard reviews, develops pilot-scale procedures, trains pilot plant operators, and monitors pilot batches using statistical process control. It also plans and executes product evaluations, investigates non-conformances, conducts additional experiments as needed, and presents trial findings to stakeholders. The engineer leads optimized manufacturing process design and scale-up for new product introductions, with attention to safety, quality, and production efficiency. The role manages project scope, success criteria, deliverables, timelines, and issue resolution while collaborating across R&D, Operations, Quality, Finance, Legal, and Procurement. Candidates are expected to work with substantial initiative, manage ambiguity and multiple projects, and communicate effectively. The position requires a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or a related technical field, at least five years of relevant industry experience, and at least three years each in manufacturing process design and project management. Compensation is listed at $135,000–$150,000 per year, dependent on the candidate's skills. The role is eligible for an annual bonus and includes benefits such as paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employer match, health, dental and vision insurance, and education assistance. Entegris does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or a related technical field.
- At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in the chemical process, semiconductor, food, or pharmaceutical industry, with a background in process development, commercialization, pilot plant, quality, scale-up, or manufacturing.
- At least 3 years of manufacturing process design experience, including defining equipment specifications and system commissioning and qualification.
- At least 3 years of project management experience owning project definition, timelines, and deliverables.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects and navigate ambiguity to achieve objectives with minimal instruction or guidance.
- Strong technical skills and ability to proactively identify project goals and meet them with minimal instruction or guidance.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines with an ownership mentality.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including exceptional writing and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical skills and business acumen.
- Ability to determine process requirements, conceptualize process designs that address those requirements, and document manufacturing processes using process flow diagrams and P&IDs.
- Proficiency calculating fluid dynamics variables relevant to liquid handling systems.
- Knowledge of process scaling factors.
- Proficiency specifying common liquid and solids handling equipment and documenting specifications.
- Experience performing root cause investigations and corrective actions using tools such as 8D methodologies.
- Results-driven work ethic, urgency, accountability, initiative, continuous-improvement mindset, and tolerance for ambiguity.
- Ability to work constructively with challenging ideas and build and strengthen work relationships.
Nice To Haves
- Experience using Accolade.
- Experience using statistical process control.
- Six Sigma certification or Six Sigma DFSS or DMAIC Green Belt experience and knowledge/application of related tools.
- Experience with Visio, AutoCAD, JMP or Minitab, and SAP.
- Experience with COMSOL, VisiMix, and Aspen for modeling.
Responsibilities
- Partner with formulation scientists and stakeholders to understand product and process requirements.
- Conduct hazard reviews for new formulations and processes to identify and mitigate risks.
- Create pilot-scale procedures and train pilot plant operators.
- Monitor pilot-scale batch quality using statistical process control, investigate non-conformances, and implement corrective actions.
- Plan and execute routine product evaluation studies to understand product characteristics.
- Identify and complete non-standard experiments to understand product performance and improve manufacturing processes, then incorporate findings into manufacturing processes.
- Summarize and present trial data to project stakeholders.
- Lead development of optimized manufacturing process designs for new product introductions, emphasizing safety, quality, and production efficiency.
- Manage project scope, success criteria, deliverables, timelines, and issue resolution.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including R&D, Operations, Quality, Finance, Legal, and Procurement.
Benefits
- Annual bonus eligibility.
- Progressive paid time off policy.
- 401(k) plan with employer match and no delayed vesting.
- Health insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Education assistance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
