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Advanced R&D Engineer - Composites

Avient Corporation
vision insurance, parental leave, paid time off, sick time, 401(k)
United States, Colorado, Englewood
8375 Highfield Parkway (Show on map)
Jun 14, 2025
About Us: Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient. Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough! Job Summary Responsible for designing and conducting experiments toward the development or improvement of fiber reinforced polymer composites to create value for customers. Responsible for developing a testing plan, and procedure, data analysis, and communication of results. Three plus years direct, relevant experience with the ability to operate with little to no direction. Successful candidate will be creative and impactful within a team environment. Essential Functions Develops with minimal guidance products adhering to customer specifications, quality, and operational goals and standards. Conducts or actively participates in materials testing to facilitate scale up to production. Contribute to product platform development through application of statistical experimental design, product testing, and data analysis. Identify material and other functional specifications to meet customer requirements. Supports marketing and sales through development of product and application data. Ability to serve as technical resource to other team members. Coordinates with manufacturing partners to establish quality and testing conditions for new materials. Other duties as assigned. Education and Experience Bachelors-Chemical Engineering or Equivalent Experience required Masters-Chemical Engineering or Equivalent Experience preferred Three or more years in Technology/R&D role required. Direct experience in Polymer Composites preferred. Any additional experience on composite simulation is desired. We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business. By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals. At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com. Salary Range: $76,000 - $114,000 annually Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance 401(k) with company match Generous paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays) Paid parental leave Life and disability insurance Performance-based bonus opportunities #LI-AD1