Plastics, Materials

Plastics, Materials & Sustainability Engineer – Mid-Level to Senior

Blue Standard Inc.

United States | Full-Time

Anticipated Start: Late November 2026

Compensation: $120,000–$160,000+ depending on experience, plus benefits and equity

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About Blue Standard Inc.

Blue Standard Inc. is a material science and advanced manufacturing company developing and commercializing next-generation materials and products designed to reduce reliance on conventional persistent plastics.

With operations and technical partners across the United States and Europe, Blue Standard works across material development, injection molding, product engineering, manufacturing, sustainability, and commercialization.

As we expand manufacturing into the United States, we are looking for an exceptional Plastics Engineer to become a key technical member of our organization and help build our U.S. manufacturing platform from the ground up.

The Opportunity

This is not a traditional plastics engineering position.

We are looking for a mid-level to senior engineer who wants to combine hands-on manufacturing engineering with material science, process development, quality systems, R&D, sustainability, testing, regulatory work, and commercialization.

A major initial responsibility will be transferring manufacturing and process knowledge from Blue Standard's established European production operations into our developing U.S. manufacturing platform.

The selected engineer will spend approximately 1 to 2 months working directly with our production and technical teams in Austria and Hungary , with international travel, accommodations, and reasonable business expenses paid by Blue Standard.

The objective is to deeply understand our materials, processing methods, tooling, equipment, quality systems, and manufacturing know-how—and then help us implement, improve, document, and scale those systems in the United States.

This role will maintain an ongoing technical relationship with our European engineering and production teams. We are looking for someone who will not simply replicate existing processes, but continually ideate, experiment, improve, and optimize them .

What You'll Work OnU.S. Manufacturing & Process Engineering

You will play a central role in developing Blue Standard's U.S. production capabilities, including:

• Developing and implementing production systems and manufacturing processes
• Supporting installation, commissioning, and optimization of injection molding equipment
• Translating European manufacturing processes into scalable U.S. production systems
• Developing standard operating procedures and technical documentation
• Optimizing cycle times, yields, consistency, material utilization, and production efficiency
• Troubleshooting molding, tooling, material, and equipment issues
• Supporting tooling development and design-for-manufacturing reviews
• Evaluating automation and manufacturing-efficiency opportunities
• Developing production metrics and process-control systems
• Working closely with European technical teams on continuous process improvement

Quality Systems

You will help build the quality infrastructure required to support a growing advanced-manufacturing organization, including:

• Quality-control and quality-assurance systems
• Incoming raw-material specifications
• In-process quality controls
• Finished-product testing and inspection
• Production tolerances and acceptance criteria
• Process documentation
• Traceability systems
• Corrective and preventive action procedures
• Customer-specific quality requirements

Materials, Testing, Certification & Regulatory

This role will become an important internal technical resource for Blue Standard's growing materials platform.

Responsibilities will include:

• Developing third-party testing protocols for materials and finished products
• Coordinating testing with qualified external laboratories
• Managing relationships with testing and certification organizations
• Supporting material and product certifications
• Maintaining technical and regulatory documentation
• Evaluating applicable U.S. and international regulatory requirements
• Developing testing programs for new materials and applications
• Supporting technical responses to customers and regulatory organizations

LCA & Sustainability

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