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Technologist Automotive
Technologist Automotive
I. Prerequisites
Education Requirement: Bachelors of Science/Engineering degree with 8+ years of related experience or Ph.D. with 3 - 5 years related experience.
II. Work Outline
Responsible Care:- Complete Safety Interactions.
- Participate in Technology safety programs
- Attend Technology safety meetings.
- Participate in scheduled planned general inspections.
- Complete required Site computer-based training (CBTs)
General Responsibilities/Accountabilities- Reviews Standard Operating Procedures for accuracy and Responsible Care compliance
- Provides coaching and guidance in development of Standard Operating Procedures
- Leads the Management of Change process
- Through scientific creativity, generates, screens, critiques and recommends new ideas leading to the development of value-added products and processes
- Inputs into review of others’ projects, technical ideas and developments
- Leads or participates in the technical development of new products/processes and their commercialization
- Identifies key scientific problems relating to new products and processes, and proposes and implements investigations of possible solutions
- Participates in technology transfer towards external commercialization/licensing
- Coordinates, schedules and prioritizes project tasks and takes responsibility for the quality of work
- Draws on broad experience to troubleshoot difficult/complex problems on their own and others’ projects
- Ensures quality and accuracy of results, identifies unusual trends, diagnoses difficult problems, and takes corrective actions
- Demonstrates initiative and innovative approaches to and independent judgment in the design and execution of complex experimental plans
- Maintain automotive testing schedule.
- Maintain familiarity with automotive testing standards.
- Coordinate internal and external testing in accordance with automotive drawings.
- Oversee specimen preparation including expansion, molding, harvesting, cutting, and shipping.
- Use knowledge of test methods and material behavior to interpret and analyze testing results.
- Work with automotive customers to maintain updated automotive testing standards.
- Receive and manage customer requests for certifications.
- Maintain automotive program documentation.
- Ensure automotive testing requirements are met; troubleshoot and identify solutions when deviations occur.
- Create certifications in accordance with OEM requirements.
- Coordinate automotive certification requirements between OEMs and customers.
- Identify new internal and external testing resources as needed to complete automotive testing.
- Initiate certification programs for new OEMs
- Maintain automotive testing budget.
