Lead Application Engineer

Manufacturer of polymer products offering semi-finished materials, complex machined components, injection moulded parts, seals & slide bearings that are supplied to a range of sectors including Aerospace, Medical, Oil &Gas & Renewables. The business offer an extensive product portfolio for a diverse spectrum of demanding applications, which service a worldwide customer base. With manufacturing sites and sales offices in the UK and Europe, and partners globally we aim to offer our customers cost effective solutions at the highest quality from material selection through to product design, manufacturing, and distribution As an Application Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development and introduction of sealing solutions and polymeric valve products within the Fluid Management business line. Take a leadership role in design validation and qualification testing, planning research and development efforts, and managing sub-contracted resources Works closely with internal and customer engineers/technical teams to help optimise material and design elements needed for optimum sealing conditions such as: lubricant, materials, fluid level, shaft and housing hardness, surface finish, tolerance, chamfer, eccentricity, etc. Conduct comprehensive design validation activities for valves, including stress calculations, tolerance stack-up analysis, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and other relevant design validation methodologies. establishing personal networks; The role may require travel to and from all UK sites, and Romania. To carry out any additional work as reasonably requested by your line manager. Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in a related design or technical field; Project management qualifications a plus. Demonstrable understanding of sealing design parameters such as temperature impact, friction, closing force, load direction and physical/mechanical properties. Excellent understanding and experience of engineering design, modelling and simulation software, such as AutoCAD and Inventor. Experience in seal designing, material selection, and seal testing is preferred. Mechanical aptitude, ability to utilise measuring equipment (i.e. dial calipers and micrometers). Demonstrable effective project management skills. Ability to design seal configuration and animate the moving parts within the working envelope is preferred. Experience of Oil &Gas, Aerospace or Medical is preferred. Experience/Knowledge of using composite in fluid management applications is a plus. For reasons of better legibility, the simultaneous use of the language forms male, female and diverse (f/m/d) is avoided. Five Decades of Market Intelligence Unrivalled Industry Networks Recognised International brand To hear from our clients on how we have supported their search for talent and HR needs, please visit Listgrove’s Case Studies page. Performance through People.