Glass Development Engineer

About Vibrantz Technologies

Vibrantz Technologies is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance, and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose.  

Serving over 11,000 customers, Vibrantz’s technologies are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications and consumer products. We are experts in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology. Our technologies are used in small amounts to make big impacts on applications and consumer products, including durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints.  

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has over 50 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents, and we employ 4,500 individuals. Our shared culture is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages not only employees’ heads and hands and – uniquely – their hearts.  

Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai.  

For more information, please visit www.vibrantz.com and www.american-securities.com. 

Location

Main assignments:

• Independent planning, preparation, execution, and evaluation of laboratory tests and test series for the development of inorganic paints

• implementation of product adaptations

• supervision of products until transfer to production

• creation of QA specifications; processing of complaints; support of production

• Creating and presenting the developed test plans for various development projects

• Acquiring and reading the available technical literature on the respective projects

• Compiling documents as well as auxiliary and operating materials (e.g., solvents, raw materials, standard samples, etc.)

• Conceptual collaboration on new test procedures

• If necessary, adapting test equipment in consultation with the laboratory manager.

• Preparing, executing, and evaluating complex preparative tasks

• Checking technical documentation

• Performing, analyzing, and evaluating laboratory work and tests

• Conducting and evaluating production and/or customer trials

• Creating data and documents

• Supervising trainees

• Preparing and conducting product-related presentations and training materials

Required skills:

• At least a master's degree in materials science, inorganic chemistry, or a related technical field.

• 1–2 years of professional experience, preferably in research and development of glass, glass ceramics, or ceramics.

• Knowledge of material analysis and validation using techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), XRD, XRF, thermal analysis, hot stage microscopy, and dilatometry.

• Systematic approach to work, analytical thinking, time management, ability to work in a team, organizational skills, intercultural competence

• Very good written and spoken German and English skills

• Communication skills in German at least at B2 level in order to communicate with the German-speaking team.

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