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Job Description

Best known as the manufacturer of GORE-TEX fabrics for garments and footwear, Gore manufactures a wide range of high-performance fabrics engineered to protect wearers in the most demanding environments-from explorers on the North Pole to firefighters, soldiers, and emergency workers. We are looking for a New Product Development Engineer to join our Fabrics team in Elkton, MD.

If you are searching for a company where you can make a difference, we’re looking for you. In this role, you will collaborate with manufacturing, sales, product specialists, and technical teams to drive new Gore Fabrics products from development through commercialization.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be passionate about developing and commercializing products that are the highest quality in their class
• Be energized by working for a world-class manufacturer and collaborating on cross-functional teams
• Recognize the importance of building and maintaining strong interpersonal relationships

Responsibilities include:

• Rapidly becoming technically knowledgeable about many of the Fabrics product platforms and capabilities
• Designing and conducting experiments
• Generating and evaluating prototypes
• Assessing products’ fitness for use via field trials, test-method development, and interaction with end users
• Developing a fundamental understanding of materials/processes/product performance interactions
• Ensuring completion of process scale-up and validation
• Driving the use of stage gate process(es), product concepts, and project reviews
• Leading projects, project teams, and, eventually, some of our more significant product platform development efforts
• Collaborating with:
  • Existing businesses and our emerging product platforms to identify and assess the feasibility of new market opportunities and new technologies
  • Internal and external teams in the U.S. and internationally

Required Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• At least 5 years’ engineering experience
• Demonstrated success in project leadership/project management
• Demonstrated successful leadership of small, cross-functional teams
• Proven track record of driving projects to closure within budget and time constraints
• Proven problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to prioritize appropriately
• Ability to travel up to 10%, both domestically and internationally

Desirable Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
• Advanced engineering degree
• At least 5 years’ new-product development or process development experience
• Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of/experience with statistical principles and analysis

This position requires access to areas and information on the U.S. Munitions List. Candidates must be “U.S. persons” as the term is defined in 8 USC §1324b(a)(3). The term “U.S. persons” includes resident aliens (“green-card” holders) as well as certain refugees, asylum-holders and residents qualifying for temporary residence under the terms of 8 USC §1255a.

Gore is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug and background screening.