Product Development Engineer (Pressure Sensitive Adhesives – Silicon)

About Us

Beontag is a global business enabler that serves as one of the world’s leading providers of IoT solutions and graphic and label materials. With operations in more than 20 countries and a footprint in over 40 markets, the multinational company offers end-to-end product capabilities for a range of industries and businesses, driving seamless communication between companies, products, and people.

Beontag’s business is underpinned by modern manufacturing facilities, strategic investments, R&D, and a range of highly qualified teams. Furthermore, the multinational is fully committed to enabling positive impacts across the entire value chain. As a member of the UN Global Compact since 2021, Beontag offers its customers a series of increasingly sustainable products while also working towards a diverse and equitable work environment.

Overview

Beontag North America is seeking a Product Development Engineer to drive the development, scale-up, and optimization of pressure-sensitive adhesives and silicone-based formulations for our Graphics & Label Materials division. In this role, you will lead technical projects from concept through manufacturing, improve material performance, reduce costs, and ensure products are designed for high-quality production on gravure coating technologies. Working closely with R&D, Production, Quality, and supplier partners, you will leverage deep polymer and analytical expertise to solve complex challenges, guide material and process decisions, and support continuous improvement across a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead scale-up of products by leveraging coating process and adhesives formulation expertise.
• Develop new pressure sensitive adhesives using scientific methodologies and principles.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction by optimizing raw material usage, improving process efficiency, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
• Optimize silicone-based formulations to enhance performance, reduce variability, and ensure compatibility with manufacturing processes.
• Apply scientific methodologies to distill fundamental learnings and principles governing material and product performance
• Offer subject matter expertise related to gravure coating of adhesives
• Translate customer and market needs to technical deliverables
• Design products fit for manufacturing on gravure coating technologies with a focus on quality
• Create and execute technical project plans for delivering new products, technologies, and technical capabilities.
• Evaluate processes to understand critical material transformations and make informed material decisions.
• Characterize materials to relate fundamental material characteristics to target performance characteristics.
• Recommend and guide material and process changes based on market, quality, and operational requirements.
• Support site safety requirements and work in a manner to promote a safe and healthy work environment.
• Direct work of junior engineers and laboratory technicians to ensure best outcomes
  
  

Qualifications

• Degree in Polymer or Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or Material Science or corelated areas of study.
• Expertise in physical and analytical polymer chemistry techniques and data interpretation
• Approximately five (5) years of experience working in manufacturing or production environments, with regular interaction with cross-functional teams such as R&D, Production, and Quality.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in leading cross-functional development projects
• Excellent laboratory hygiene and methodologies
• Five (5) years pressure-sensitive or adhesive coating technology experience
• Familiarity with polymer characterization, coating technologies, and process simulation tools.