Applications Engineer

Role overview

Compensation

• The posting states a salary range of $85,000–$130,000 but does not specify its pay period.
• The employer describes a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze global rigid packaging, beverage, and consumer goods trends to shape application strategies, roadmaps, and innovation priorities.
• Connect package performance with polymers, preform design, injection molding, reheating, and stretch blow molding.
• Evaluate and adapt emerging stretch blow molding technologies, applications, and industry trends.
• Apply modeling, experimentation, and analytics to understand and optimize physical phenomena.
• Lead innovation and engineering work from concept and prototypes through validation and commercialization.
• Partner with development, testing, and validation teams on scalable customer-focused solutions.

Technical qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Packaging Engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in product development, application engineering, advanced manufacturing, or R&D; packaging, plastics, medical devices, or consumer products are preferred.
• Expertise in polymer behavior, material selection, and plastics processing.
• Experience in PET packaging development, preform design, stretch blow molding, container performance, and material optimization.
• Understanding of injection molding machines, mold design, hot runner systems, and process optimization.
• Hands-on experience leading feasibility assessments, prototypes, validation, and commercialization.

Personal qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and the ability to develop customer-focused solutions.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills in English.
• Technical leadership ability, including coaching, mentoring, and developing teams.
• Collaborative approach and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong project and time management, prioritization, and delegation skills.

Benefits and workplace

• The employer describes its Bolton campus as having a fitness and wellness center, sports activities, an on-site cafeteria, and manufacturing facilities.
• The employer mentions retirement savings, group benefits, and career development opportunities.