Chemical Engineer - Materials Team (Hose Products Division)

Chemical Engineer - Materials Team (Hose Products Division) Group: Fluid Connector Grp N. America Division: Hose Products (HPD) Location: USA MCCOOK NE HPD Job Family : Engineering Job Type : Regular Posted : Apr 8, 2026 Job ID: 64553 Job Description Apply Now > Save Job Position Summary: Researches, analyzes, designs, and tests elastomeric compounds and associated materials to develop new and/or improve core products. Develops and recommends solutions to well-defined engineering requirements, or for elastomeric compounds to ensure that design objectives are met. Develops detailed material specifications by analyzing performance and product requirements. Investigates design factors such as function, materials, performance, interchangeability, cost, operational efficiency, and contractual requirements. Performs feasibility and trade studies applying standard analytical methods; recommends solutions which are defined and reviewed for implementation. Interprets and validates test results for accuracy and precision. Ensures conformance to material qualification procedures and parameters to achieve customer and product reliability and safety standards. May utilize and interpret predictive models to simulate and verify design concepts. Provides technical information for review with engineering teams using established engineering practices, standards, and documentation methods (e.g. structured design process; customer design reviews). Writes supporting documentation for procedures and technical reports; may assist in writing technical proposals for customers. Contributes to the completion milestones associated with specific projects (e.g. create functional diagrams and system layouts; review detailed drawings and schematics; define data structure, interfaces, and programming logic; analyze material requirements; research customer data item requirements). Reviews material specifications to ensure clarity, completeness, form, fit, function, and conformity to standards and procedures. Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions, engineering change orders, and improvements to engineering management or the project team. Maintains current level of professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing technical publications, and/or participating in professional associations. Qualifications: · Bachelor degree (BS) (or Professional Engineer (PE) certificate) in an engineering or science technical discipline. Professional entry level position. May have limited prior industry experience or have worked with direction in student internship programs. · Fundamental knowledge of engineering domain principles, concepts, and techniques. · General knowledge of industry products, customers, and related legal/regulatory requirements. · Fundamental knowledge of and use of basic engineering design and analysis tools (e.g. computer-aided design programs). Learns and utilizes specialized engineering databases; may require programming skills. · Develops familiarity with products and customer specifications and standards applicable to assigned product line or system. · Ability to communicate status of technical tasks and actions taken with clarity and precision. · Ability to work with general direction and instruction regarding the scope of assignments; determines the priority and order of assignments; and applies judgment in selecting procedures and techniques. · Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals and reports. Ability to present findings and information in both formal meetings and informally within and across Parker teams. Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient. With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation. Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future. Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. 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