We're responsible for bringing new things to GE Plastics.

Plastics are used in almost every part of your life. From the razor you use, to the car you drive, to the CDs you play, GE Plastics has been a part of new products in all of these areas. Noryl® GTX resin is used in the VW New Beetle® fender. Lexan® resin is used in Apple® translucent colored computer monitors. Ultem® resins are used in new high temperature Tupperware® grades.

We provide new products with Six Sigma Quality and cost effectiveness.

Global Technology invents new products and processes for the global market. New ideas are only successful if they meet our customers' needs: new ideas, Six Sigma consistency, globally produced products, and competitive product cost. We have to deliver products which can be consistently manufactured in our over 40 manufacturing locations with world class costs to meet global competition.

Our world is global.

Our customers are global, so we work as a global team to satisfy their needs. VW engineers a new car in Germany, designs the mold in France, and produces the car in Mexico. A typical team will have members from at least six different countries. A typical day in the US might start with a 7:00 a.m. teleconference with the European team to plan a set of experiments and end with a 7:00 p.m teleconference with the team in Mexico. The best part of the job is meeting and working with people from every imaginable background from every part of the globe.

We touch every part of the business.
Technology/Engineering is responsible for taking a new idea from inception through production to the customer. We work with everyone from suppliers (to provide the lowest cost materials and equipment), manufacturing (to ensure that we can actually produce the new product), the commercial team (to identify customer needs and new opportunities) and our customers (to learn and respond to their needs). And we do all of it with Six Sigma rigor and advanced statistical and modeling tools. Here are three brief descriptions of some of the positions in our area:

Product Developer
Product Developers design and commercialize new products. This includes developing new polymer blends and resins to provide growth to the business by accessing new markets, working closely with customers and the commercial team to define new opportunities, and working with suppliers to find cost effective material solutions for new engineering materials. In addition, they use statistical design of experiments to help provide Six Sigma performance in the new products, and are responsible for taking new products from the laboratory to the manufacturing floor, ensuring the consistent manufacturing performance of the products.

Process Developer
Process Developers work on every piece of the polymer process, from identifying new raw materials to designing new catalysts to improving polymerization processes. They are responsible for improving quality, reducing costs, and providing capacity expansion. Process Developers work closely with suppliers to provide low cost equipment and materials, with manufacturing to improve process, and the commercial team to help ensure we have the right kind of global capacity to meet our customer's needs.

Analytical/Materials Characterization Specialist
Analytical and Materials Characterization Scientists are critical for every part of technology. They provide the advanced characterization methods for new product and process development and provide analysis for resolution of customer and manufacturing issues. They help improve our product quality through new on-line test methods and controls, and through quality certification of our raw materials. Finally, they create on-line data warehouses for characterization of our global materials.

If you like to develop new technologies, and implement them, you might be interested in joining our global team.

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