R&D Engineer - #231166

Are you the energetic, forward-minded, and results-oriented team member who wants to move our customers’ performance forward?

Valmet’s Fabrics Business Unit produces and delivers technical textiles globally to various industries. Our offering helps the customers to improve performance and sustainability of their processes, enhance energy efficiency, achieve lower operating costs, and improve quality.

We are now looking for an innovative R&D Engineer to strengthen our global R&D team in developing high quality and sustainable technical textiles and related technologies. The role is based in Ovar, Portugal.

The position holder is responsible for

• Developing innovative and cost competitive technical textile products and services to complement our offering as a part of our global R&D team, in particular, developing weaving patterns of technical textiles.
• Searching for, planning and implementing new materials and technologies and developing collaboration between Valmet and its stakeholders.
• Specifying technical requirements of products and raw materials.
• Monitoring global development of relevant technologies and competitors.
• Supporting manufacturing and quality assessment of products and sourcing of materials.
  
  

Expectations

To succeed in the role, you have

• Master’s degree in Textile Engineering (mandatory).
• 3+ years’ experience in industrial R&D in a global environment.
• Knowledge of technical textiles, their manufacturing technologies and polymer materials.
• Innovative mindset for solving challenges and creating new technologies.
• Interest in utilizing digitalization to support sustainable material technology development.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.
• Will to travel occasionally.
• Knowledge of paper technology and paper manufacturing process is considered as an advantage.
  
  

We offer

You will be a part of a highly motivated and skillful team who will onboard and support your journey at Valmet; together you will move our customers’ performance forward and make a difference in our company, contributing to the positive development of our product and business. You can expect to learn new and exciting tasks and to work on an independent role. Your days will vary since your field of responsibilities is both wide and challenging.

In addition, we offer you a competitive compensation package, including bonus plan and meal allowance, health and life insurances. You will find our health experts team at your disposal, including labor and curative medicine, nursing, psychology and physiotherapy services.

We encourage our people’s professional and personal development with training programs, studies financing and if you want to learn a new language, you will benefit from our protocols with language schools.

Additional Information

For more information, please contact Mika Lahtinen, Director, R&D by phone +358 504707873. To apply for the position, complete our online application form as soon as possible but latest by May 5. Please provide your CV with salary expectation.

That feeling when… everything works together is what makes working at Valmet unique!

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With 19.000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork.

Join the team!