The Role
Conduct adhesive and composite material testing, benchmarking, product suitability assessments, and manufacturing proofs of concept. Support laboratory equipment procurement, customer technical meetings, presentations, product demonstrations, product design, and manufacturing scale-up. Provide technical recommendations for customer applications, identify product development opportunities, and collaborate with internal R&D and external partners. The role requires hands-on composite processing expertise, customer-facing communication, project coordination, and knowledge of adhesive testing and composite manufacturing methods.
Summary Generated by Built In
PRIMARY TASKS – EMEA Technical Support
- Ensure timely completion of test programs and provide clear formal written recommendations regarding suitability of new internally or externally sourced adhesive and composites solutions for product launch. Including benchmarking against key competitive materials. This activity should provide clear identification of product differentiation against competitive materials, in order to drive focus on materials with key technical advantage for potential clients.
- Conduct part design and manufacturing proof of concept, to show practically the value added of using our solution for composite manufacturing.
- Support procurement of necessary testing equipment, tools and fixtures to fully equip the laboratory.
- Ensure timely completion, in coordination with the R&D specification testing team, detailed test programs of L&L adhesives and composite solutions for customer applications on relevant customer samples, including benchmarking against key competitive benchmarks wherever possible, and provide clear formal recommendations regarding the optimum L&L solution for each application.
- Support key client meetings to provide technical advice and support to the commercial organization for L&L products solutions.
- Conduct technical presentations to customers highlighting the key technical benefits and parameters of our systems. Assist customers in designing products to make best use of L&L technologies.
- Conduct product demonstrations at customer facilities, and support effective scale-up and use of L&L solutions at customers manufacturing and assembly plants.
MID TERM TO LONG TERM STRATEGY
- Provide expertise and insight regarding new product development opportunities, and support follow up with relevant internal R&D or external alliance partners.
BEHAVIOUR
- Build relationships according to L&L Products values at the customer, supplier and internally.
- Help to maintain our team identity (be available to listen and help, provide feed-back, encourage initiative, apply our vision, values and goals…).
- Solve as many issues as possible at the team level; work toward solutions before escalating.
- Maintain a global view of the business – make decisions, and prioritize taking into consideration all downstream impacts.
- Hands on. Ability to use laboratory equipment and composite processing equipment to prove the value added of our composite solutions.
Associated competencies :
- Competencies
- Extensive practical expertise in the testing of adhesives and composite materials (5 years plus)
- Composite manufacturing extensive experience (pre preg, RTM, thermoforming, autoclave, blader molding, vacuum bagging)
- Composite part and mold design
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong team player with robust facilitative people leadership skills
- Well organized, with good record retention practices
- Responsible and professional attitude to all aspects of work, from hygiene of working areas through to preparation / presentation of technical recommendations
- Some understanding of legal aspects (especially IP and external supplier management)
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Education
- Degree in Materials Science, Composite Engineering, or related field
- Excellent English and French language skills
- Experience
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in the composites industry
- Strong background in adhesives and composite material testing
- Experience in customer-facing technical roles
Skills Required
- Degree in Materials Science, Composite Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in the composites industry
- At least 5 years of practical expertise testing adhesives and composite materials
- Extensive composite manufacturing experience, including prepreg, RTM, thermoforming, autoclave, bladder molding, and vacuum bagging
- Experience with composite part and mold design
- Strong background in adhesives and composite material testing
- Experience in customer-facing technical roles
- Excellent English and French language skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong teamwork and facilitative people leadership skills
- Understanding of legal aspects, especially intellectual property and external supplier management
- Strong organization and technical record retention practices
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The Company
What We Do
L&L Products is a family-owned, business-to-business applied engineering and materials science company. It develops customized and standard material and engineering solutions for static sealing, acoustic improvement, vibration reduction, structural reinforcement, and composite components. Serving automotive, aerospace, commercial vehicle, rail, and industrial customers, it combines research and development, materials science, engineering, prototyping, testing, and global manufacturing to deliver lighter, stronger, quieter products.
