About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 3489005
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER | POLYMER FORMULATION, TESTING & PROCESS SUPPORT
Core Expertise
- Polymer formulation development including functional pigments, UV stabilizers, foaming and reflective additives.
- Hands-on operation of extruders, molding equipment, and lab production machinery for scale-up trials.
- Process troubleshooting and optimization following failed production runs and experimental investigations.
- Experimental design, data collection, statistical analysis, and technical reporting for R&D projects.
- Cross-functional collaboration from concept through production with manufacturing and quality teams.
Project Background
- Developed customer-specific polymer formulations from lab through production support and scale-up.
- Led and supported experiments to diagnose production issues and implement process adjustments.
- Conducted equipment maintenance, upgrades, and upstream/downstream feed experimentation to improve yield.
- Designed experimental protocols, collected and analyzed performance data, and authored reports.
- Tested specialty pigment, additive, and stabilizer performance including glow effects and UV resistance.
Key Skills
- Polymer formulation | Additive selection | UV stabilization
- Extrusion | Injection molding | Laboratory production equipment operation
- Product testing | Performance characterization | Reliability testing
- Experimental design | Data collection | Statistical analysis
- Process troubleshooting | Root-cause analysis | Process optimization
- Technical documentation | Product specifications | SOP development
Education
- B.S., Chemical Engineering — Oklahoma State University
Why Interview this Candidate?
A product development engineer with approximately three years of industrial experience in polymer formulation, hands-on extrusion, and molding operations. Demonstrated success troubleshooting production failures, implementing process adjustments, and supporting scale-up from R&D to production. Offers strong experimental design, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration skills applicable to process engineering roles in manufacturing.
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