About this role
Technical Service/Application Development Engineer
Overview
"We connect science to life for a better future."
With 50,000 patents, 20,000 employees and 58 locations worldwide, LG Chem is one of the largest science and chemical companies in the world. With its rapid growth, LG Chem endeavors to become a 'Global Top 5 Chemical Company' with a balanced business portfolio that has a competitive advantage across the globe, including business divisions in petrochemicals, advanced materials, life sciences, and a subsidiary specializing in batteries.
LG Chem is a leading chemical company in Korea that has continuously achieved growth through relentless challenges and innovation since its establishment in 1947. From the infrangible facial cream lid to the world’s most advanced batteries, LG Chem has turned dreams into reality and enriched our lives for 70 years. Building upon a balanced and globally competitive business portfolio, LG Chem manufactures a wide range of products from high-value added petrochemicals to renewable plastics, specializing in cutting-edge electronic and battery materials such as cathodes, as well as drugs and vaccines to deliver differentiated solutions for its customers.
Beyond a chemical company, LG Chem will become a leading science-oriented corporation that creates value for our customers and is committed to reaching carbon-neutral growth by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050 by managing the impacts of climate change and making positive contributions to society through renewable energy and responsible supply chains.
LG Chem holds the various engineer plastics portfolio such as Polycarbonate, PBT, Polyamide and mPPO and TPEE. All engineering Plastics are highly processable and can be manufactured in various colors. It is used in numerous areas such as automobiles, home appliances, IT devices, etc. Products that may resonate in everyday life include keys on an Automotive interiors (console, arm rest, dashboard items, door trim, switches), exteriors (front and rear lamp housing, spoiler, side mirror housing, bumpers, radiator grill) and engine compartment (engine cover, air intake manifold, cylinder head cover, etc) notebook or smartphone, interior compartments etc. We are actively searching for a technical service/application development engineer to join our team based in Troy, MI. This is an individual contributor role and the incoming will develop new customers for our Engineering Plastics.
This is not a remote role and our office hours are 8AM - 5PM, Monday through Friday.
What You’ll Be Doing
Essential Functions (include but are not limited to):
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Visit customer and introduce product to customers
- Solution Partner Activity – consult with customers to provide solutions to issues or support product development
- Develop product specifications – develop expertise with new materials and analyze market information to determine feasibility to develop tailored specifications for customers.
- Investigate needs and provide actionable solutions for customer