Plastic Parts Design Engineer (Permanent)

About the role

Hutchinson, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, is looking for a permanent plastic parts design engineer in Châteauroux (Loiret). The engineer designs polyamide products from concept to series production, proposes technical solutions and supports quality and product evolution.

Key responsibilities

• Design polyamide products from idea to series production
• Propose new technical solutions (mechanisms) and ensure active technological development
• Prepare drawing files, run calculations (constraints, rheology) and draw up definition drawings based on standards
• Follow manufacturing, prototype testing and characterisation, and write validation reports
• Contribute to quality procedures such as AMDEC and expert reviews
• Manage the product portfolio and its evolutions: modifications, material changes and obsolescence

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree (BAC+5) in mechanical engineering, industrial product design or plastics engineering
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar environment
• Solid experience designing plastic parts and mechanisms
• Ability to work with cross-functional departments such as purchasing, laboratories, industrialisation and customers
• Rigour, autonomy, analytical spirit and sense of innovation
• Professional written and spoken English
• Occasional travel of about 3 days per quarter to Europe, and occasionally to Asia and America

Required skills

• Mastering engineering tools and methods (CAD, functional analysis, AMDEC, functional costing)
• Mechanical calculations, rheology and plastic part forming