R&D Engineer

What's in it for you?

Thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture, Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top place to work for 16 years in a row. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.

Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence. As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference!

The role is to provide technical expertise for the Gorilla Research & Development team including new product development, test development, equipment sourcing and providing new technical solutions.  This role provides design, management and execution of key pieces of technical work. This person is a team player and requires high level of cross-functional interactions both internally and externally with suppliers and customers. This role requires mechanical aptitude, problem solving capabilities and hands on project work in the areas of adhesives, tapes, coatings and sealants, bringing forward new technical insights based upon original ideas. This person has fully developed oral and written communication skills and is developed to anticipate and communicate key issues and drive decisions with appropriate communication to key stakeholders. 

• Management of R&D projects in support of NPD, laboratory upgrades and new frontier explorations.
• Technical development activities for NPD projects including prototyping, formulation and process validation, claims substantiation and communicating results and issues effectively to the team.
• Manage supplier relationships with technical counterparts.
• Communicate important project updates to drive decisions with key stakeholders.
• New test method development and validation, including equipment identification, fixture design and ensuring the test methods are robust.
• Sales and Marketing support for demo creation and product knowledge and translating technical performance into marketable claims.
• Understand performance and claims of all Gorilla products and top competitors in each Gorilla category.
• Coach and train junior members of the R&D organization.

• B.S. in Industrial, Chemical, Materials or Manufacturing Engineering minimum 3 years’ experience.
• Some experience in materials testing, adhesive, sealant or coating formulating and adhesives industry required.
• Background in statistics, analytical testing and DOE a plus.
• Ability to contribute at a high level to the company technology development strategies.
• Candidate must possess ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities with a strong attention to detail, ability to creatively solve issues as part of a team, assertiveness, integrity, innovation and creativity.
• Excellent organizational skills. Fully developed written and verbal communication skills are required as this role interacts with all levels within the organization and outside suppliers and customers.
• Should be goal oriented, confident and able to work well under pressure.
• Mechanically inclined – operation of lab equipment for maintenance, troubleshooting and product testing.
• Team player and strong work ethic.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stoop, reach, stand, walk, lift, pull, push, grasp, talk, hear, see and use repetitive motions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may frequently lift and or move up to 50 pounds of material, boxes, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as reading handwritten and or typed material and must have the ability to focus.

Company Values:

Must adhere to The Gorilla Glue Company’s Core Values that ensure everyone works together to exceed expectations.

• Have fun, be passionate and show it!
• Act with integrity and respect in all relationships.
• Communicate Openly & Appreciate the effort of others
• Embrace knowledge, growth and change
• Strive for excellence in what we do every day!

Are you ready to join one of Cincinnati’s Top Workplaces?  Our employees love working here because of our environment, which is driven by our company mission and core values.  If you have the right qualifications and thrive in a fun and fast-paced environment, we have a great opportunity for you to grow with us!