Hydrogen Economy Application Development Engineer

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Belgium - Mechelen

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

THE ROLE

At Chemours we are looking for a Hydrogen Economy Application Development Engineer for our production site in Mechelen.In this role you will collaborate within the Chemours global technical community, including other application development engineers around the world, the global R&D teams, and the market development organization.

The Application Development Engineer sits in the Advanced Performance Materials business, where you will work with a wide variety of applications for Chemours Nafion ™ products within the globally expanding hydrogen economy. Your responsibilities will include developing new ideas, prototyping and testing those concepts in Chemours laboratories and clients’ facilities. Travelling to clients’ facilities will be a significant part of the time, regular travel within Europe and some international travel to the US and Asia may be required.

Responsibilities

• You will interact directly with partners, both leadership and technical staff, to answer questions, solve problems and working together on development projects;
• Assess product performance, diagnose, troubleshoot, optimize processing parameters and resolve issues during the development;
• Analyse data independently, draw statistically based conclusions and determine next steps;
• Keep accurate records of experimental trials, customer interactions and an opportunity pipeline, technical and product data sheets;
• Discuss technical subjects at detailed fundamental theoretical and practical level;
• Identify new opportunities for the Hydrogen Economy Venture and translate the ideas to executable projects;
• Self-manage time and resources to get results in the quickest and least costly fashion within limits dictated by maintaining safe operations, customer satisfaction and business impact.
  

Skills & Experience

• A minimum of a master’s degree in chemical engineering, civil engineering, material science or related technical material degree;
• Experience working with high end materials, strong technical aptitude in industrial renewable energy and energy storage applications and systems;
• Fluent in English language;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications;
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communications skills, both internally and with external partners;
• A strong ’Customer Focus’ attitude, and ability to work at the speed of the partner and drive the projects to successful commercialization;
• Passion to learn new technical applications, materials, application methods and application performance characterizations;
• Ability and integrity to protect proprietary information and intellectual property;
• Quickly learn and follow all company core value rules and regulations.
  

What We Offer

• Competitive Compensation;
• Paid Site Holidays and Paid Day of Service;
• Learning and Development Opportunities;
• Strong Inclusion a Diversity Initiatives.
  

NEXT STEPS

If you are interested in this vacancy, please send your CV and motivation letter by clicking the "Apply" button on the page.

We’re Chemours. a Different Kind Of Chemistry Company

We are driven by our purpose to create a more colorful, capable, and cleaner world through the power of chemistry. Built upon a 200-year-old legacy and a world-class product portfolio, we bring everyday convenience to virtually everything people touch—in industries ranging from automotive, paints, and plastics to electronics, construction, energy, and telecommunications. We bring solutions that are better, safer, more reliable, and more sustainable, through the power of chemistry.

OUR APPROACH

We see our people as our biggest assets. Instead of focusing just on what our employees do each day, we look at how they do it. By taking a different approach to talent development, employee engagement, and culture, our goal is to empower employees to be their best selves—at Chemours and in life. The “ours” in Chemours represents everyone who works here. We’re thousands strong and always looking for the best and brightest to join our team.

OUR CULTURE

Five fundamental, foundational values form the substructure of our culture as a multinational

corporation. They are core beliefs that guide and frame both our behaviors and our aspirations.

Our values are in part what differentiate us from others, making us uniquely Chemours.

They are—Customer Centered, Refreshing Simplicity, Collective Entrepreneurship, Safety Obsession, and Unshakable Integrity. At Chemours, our values are where everything begins.

We were honored to be named a “Great Place to Work-Certified Company” for 2019-2020­ — our second consecutive year .

At Chemours, you will find sustainability in our vision, our business and your future. If you want to work on the leading edge of your field and have a desire to make a difference, join Chemours and discover what it means when we say “We Are Living Chemistry”.

At Chemours, you will find sustainability in our vision, our business and your future. If you want to work on the leading edge of your field and have a desire to make a difference, join Chemours and discover what it means when we say “We Are Living Chemistry”.

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A new company. A new purpose. A new commitment to customers and chemistry. We are Chemours. And even more exciting is how our employees are committed to be catalysts for better. The word “ours” is in our name intentionally. It is about our employees, our customers and our world. Our values are simple: We seek to put our customers first always. We encourage creativity and simplicity. We give you the ability to operate with the innovation and enthusiasm of an entrepreneur. We are obsessed with making our world safe and we do this all with unshakable integrity – doing what is right. See chemistry in a different way at Chemours.

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