DEVELOPMENT MATERIAL - PLASTIC ENGINEER

DEVELOPMENT MATERIAL - PLASTIC ENGINEER

Ready to take on meaningful challenges and shape the next generation of mobility?

Joining OPmobility means stepping into a global group with a purpose to keep people and goods moving safely, smarter, and sustainably everywhere.

Main missions:

• Define the optimal raw materials and glues for the projects (OEMs RFQs), define the recommendations & risk assessment
• Ensure success of new materials & glues implementation in the plants, anticipation of the validation plan (plates, parts) according customer requirements
• Solves material & adhesive problems during the project and mass production
• Animate materials training modules & coaching sessions

Responsibilities

For projects in quotation and development:

• Analyse the OEM Material specifications for Exterior & Lighting products (bumpers, headlamps, rear lamps, panels with lighting)
• Define the technical criteria to choose the raw material & adhesives, based on
• customer requirements
• typology of parts to reach the functional performances required
• purchasing strategy
• plant constraints and technical feedback
• Propose a risk assessment and validation plan to the project, define the tests to perform by our laboratory or our chemists
• Define material recommendation sheet and disclaimers to the customers
• Keep regular contacts with customers and suppliers (chemists, compounders) to understand and orientate the qualification of the raw materials

For productivity project and production:

• Propose alternative raw material solutions to reduce costs and / or improved quality of the products
• Assist production plants in the event of problems linked to raw materials (or adhesives) during serial life

Suppliers follow up:

• Leads supplier’s development policy in order to meet customer requirements on current and future projects

• Participate to supplier audit when needed

• Identify and anticipate needs for new development and coordinate with the suppliers in line with OPmobility strategy

• Create Supplier specifications

• Network and Capitalisation

• Collect feedback, blocking points and Best Practices from Eng Centers and Plants

• Formalize Lesson Learned and Golden rules, communicate them to Eng Centers and Plants

• Exchange with the worldwide material network

• Ensure technical exchange and network with other Departments: Injection, Coating, Bonding, R&I, CAE

• Innovation

• Give recommendations to Innovation teams to meet OEM requirements

• Prepare the transition from Innovation to Development phase

• Training

• Create or update technical training module

• Animation of the training session & coaching sessions

• HSE

• Ensure that materials & adhesives are compliant to regulation (Reach) and OPmobility policies

• Ensure that material proposed are compliant to OPmobility sustainability strategy

Desired Profile:

• Master degree in materials or Engineering degree in chemistry,

• Fluent in English (B2 / C1), Spanish

• Knowledge of polymers & adhesives, formulation, laboratory tests, transformation processes (injection) & bonding

• 4-5 years significant experience in the field of polymers , in Automotive

• Knowledge on thermoplastic for body panel (Polypropylene, Styrenic polymers) and for Lighting (Polycarbonate, PMMA, PP, Styrenic polymers and on adhesives (glues).

• Team player, Problem solving, results oriented

• At OPmobility, people truly matter. We are committed to building inclusive teams, promoting diversity and equality, and ensuring that every application is considered fairly - because the future of mobility is built by diverse perspectives, bold ideas, and people who dare to move forward.

• Innovation is therefore not a buzzword, but a natural part of everyday work. You’ll grow in an international environment where cutting-edge technologies, industrial excellence, and real-world impact come together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow’s automotive industry.

• Founded in 1946 by Pierre Burelle, OPmobility, known until 2024 as Plastic Omnium, has transformed itself into a player in sustainable and connected mobility. Today, OPmobility develops technological solutions across four areas of expertise: exterior and lighting systems, the integration of complex modules, technologies related to energy storage, hydrogen and electrification, and a division dedicated to the development of embedded software and digital solutions.

• With €11.5 billion in revenue in 2025, 152 factories, 40 R&D centers, and nearly 38,100 employees across 28 countries, OPmobility combines global scale with local impact. All driven by a shared ambition to accelerate the automotive energy transition.

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Date:

Sep 14, 2026

Location

Monterrey, MX

Job Requisition ID:

389876