At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive product development and manage customer interactions in a cutting-edge materials lab.
- Company: Join Auxetec Limited, a pioneering company in auxetic polymer technology.
- Benefits: Gain hands-on experience, work with innovative materials, and develop your career in a dynamic team.
- Other info: Exciting opportunity to travel and engage with customers across the UK, EU, and North America.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of technology, making a real impact on product development and customer satisfaction.
- Qualifications: Degree in materials science, physics, or chemistry; strong communication and project management skills.
Auxetec Limited is a spin-out built around novel auxetic polymer technology developed at the University of Leeds. The company’s proprietary platform is based on the world’s first synthetic, molecular, auxetic Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCE), enabling materials with unique mechanical and functional properties. This role is a unique opportunity to contribute to the technology programme and commercial development of Auxetec, as our novel products are sampled by customers and we respond to customer and market needs. It’s a blended role requiring both laboratory work and customer programme management. The individual must be comfortable in both environments.
A member of the company’s growing team of materials scientists, chemists and engineers – focussed on refining and improving the performance of our auxetic films in response to customer and market needs.
- Product development and testing in our Leeds laboratory
- First point of contact with customers for all sample requests and technical queries
- Ensuring that customer promises are met
- Programme management of customer joint development agreements
Experience
- Degree or higher qualification in a relevant scientific discipline (materials science, physics, chemistry)
- Laboratory work – materials preparation and testing
- Customer interactions independent of commercial staff in the business – programme management, sample management (delivery and feedback)
Special Features
- Must be willing to work 5 days / week in our Leeds laboratory – this is not a remote role
- Willing to travel to customer sites in UK, EU and North America
- Confident and articulate
- Previous experience of independent management of customer interactions
- Right to work in UK and able to travel visa-free to the USA
Product Manager in Southampton employer: Auxetec Limited
Auxetec Limited is an innovative employer at the forefront of auxetic polymer technology, offering a dynamic work environment in Leeds where collaboration and creativity thrive. Employees benefit from hands-on experience in cutting-edge research and development, alongside opportunities for professional growth through direct customer engagement and programme management. With a commitment to fostering a supportive culture, Auxetec empowers its team to make meaningful contributions to groundbreaking materials science.
