Product Design Engineer

Walker Elliott has partnered with a leading manufacturer of engineered elastomeric products serving demanding offshore energy, aerospace, and defense markets to identify a Design Engineer with elastomeric products experience.

This is a hands-on technical role for an engineer who wants to be the subject matter expert behind products that operate where failure isn't an option: laminated bearings on offshore platforms, rocket motor flex seals, and shock and vibration isolation systems built to perform across decades and extreme environments.

You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with a team of elastomer chemists and mechanical designers, owning the material side of product development from compound characterization through FEA, prototype testing, and qualification. The work blends deep technical analysis with real-world problem solving - translating lab data into models, models into designs, and designs into products customers trust in mission-critical applications.

If you've spent your career becoming the person colleagues turn to when rubber behavior gets unpredictable, this is the seat where that expertise drives the product roadmap.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Process material test data and develop viscoelastic and hyper-elastic property models that drive FEA across the product portfolio.
Run non-linear FEA on current and next-generation products, translating analysis into design decisions and customer-ready conclusions.
Lead the mechanical, physical, and durability test programs for elastomer compounds and adhesive systems - maintaining what works, building what's needed to push the products forward.
Apply detailed analytics to material test data and final product performance, spotting trends in rubber manufacturing that inform real-time decisions and adjustments.
Design, coordinate, and evaluate prototype and qualification test programs against established acceptance criteria.
Partner across manufacturing, quality, procurement, engineering, and material vendors to maintain product performance and long-term consistency.
Solve the design, manufacturing, and test challenges that come with working at the edge of what rubber materials can do.
Build and deliver presentations of designs and analyses to internal stakeholders and external customers - and own the technical conversation that follows.
Provide technical support to internal teams and external customers as the go-to resource for elastomer questions.


REQUIREMENTS
BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline with 7+ years of relevant experience
5+ years working with non-metallic materials - rubber / elastomers, plastics, and adhesives - preferred.
Proficiency running non-linear FEA with rubber materials.
Solid working knowledge of rubber compounding and mixing fundamentals.
Strong understanding of engineered rubber components -seals, laminated bearings, shock mounts.
Familiarity with the test equipment and standards used in rubber material characterization.
Detail-oriented with sharp observation skills for interpreting test results and working through ambiguous problems.
Comfortable reading engineering drawings and schematics.
Excellent communicator - equally credible explaining material science to a chemist and design implications to a customer.
Self-directed, able to manage multiple priorities, and operates with a sense of urgency.


Do not apply unless you are authorized to work in the United States for any employer as client company cannot sponsor or transfer visas at this time.

Walker Elliott is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For additional information, please email your resume to resumes@walker-elliott.com or apply online.
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