Polymer Engineer Decorative Films

🎯 Rare hybrid role

We're hiring a **Polymer Film Development & Process Engineer** at a fast-growing advanced materials manufacturer in **Wilkes-Barre, PA**.

This position was built for someone who's equally comfortable evaluating resin behavior in development *and* owning the process parameters that make a film line run. If you've always found yourself bridging those two worlds — this is the job that was designed for you.

You'll work across the full development-to-production cycle: designing material trials, running extrusion lines, diagnosing defects, and locking in the process windows that turn lab concepts into consistent manufacturing output.

**What the role actually looks like day-to-day:**

- Developing and optimizing film structures in PETG, PMMA, and polycarbonate across blown film, cast, and sheet extrusion

- Setting and refining process parameters — melt temps, die control, gauge uniformity, cooling, drying protocols

- Troubleshooting film defects (gels, gauge variation, surface finish, adhesion) at the process level, not just the materials level

- Leading line startups, ramp-ups, and material trials on pilot and production equipment

- Translating development results into stable, repeatable manufacturing processes

- Supporting new product introductions into decorative laminates and specialty engineered surfaces

**The background we're looking for:**

✅ Hands-on blown film, cast film, or sheet extrusion experience

✅ Working knowledge of PC, PETG, or PMMA — how they behave, where they're sensitive, how to process them well

✅ Ability to design and execute material trials *and* interpret what the process data is telling you

✅ Experience diagnosing and resolving defects from both a materials and process perspective

✅ Comfortable owning problems on a live production floor, not just in a lab

✅ Exposure to decorative, laminate, or specialty film applications (helpful, not required)

If you've been pigeonholed into either pure R&D or pure process engineering and you're ready for a role that actually uses both — let's talk.

📍 On-site | Wilkes-Barre, PA

📩 DM me directly or apply via the link below.

SPECIALITY

PC — Polycarbonate A high-performance engineering thermoplastic known for exceptional impact resistance, optical clarity, and dimensional stability. Requires precise drying and elevated processing temperatures, making it one of the more demanding materials to run consistently in film extrusion.

PETG — Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol A glycol-modified polyester offering excellent clarity, toughness, and chemical resistance with lower processing temperatures than standard PET. Widely used in decorative laminates and specialty film applications due to its ease of thermoforming and strong adhesion characteristics.

PMMA — Polymethyl Methacrylate (Acrylic) An optically clear, rigid thermoplastic with outstanding surface hardness, UV stability, and scratch resistance. Commonly used in architectural surfaces and decorative film structures where aesthetic and weatherability performance are critical.