Chemical Engineer - Technical Sales

About the role

Hire Hangar is recruiting a Sales Engineer with a chemical engineering background for a custom foam manufacturer serving medical, aerospace, automotive, industrial, and electronics customers. Board title: Chemical Engineer

Technical Sales. Location metadata: Barberton, Ohio; engagement contract; fully on-site. The seat sits at the intersection of technical judgment and relationship work: understand what a customer needs and shape it into something the plant can actually produce. Day to day you work directly with customers, engineering, and manufacturing on site. You grow important accounts while balancing technical demands and business goals; act as the bridge between customers and manufacturing; pursue new sales from inbound leads and outbound prospecting; partner with engineering, estimating, manufacturing, and customer service on timely accurate quotes; travel occasionally for customer visits and relevant trade shows; keep accurate account, pipeline, and conversation records; and stay current on foam materials, applications, and industry shifts. Required: bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, or a closely related technical field; strong analytical problem solving with unclear or evolving requirements; enjoyment of people engagement with strong listening and natural trust-building; clear communication of technical ideas to non-technical audiences; organization and self-direction across multiple tasks; comfort in a manufacturing environment across departments; commitment to full-time on-site work at the listed location. Preferred: prior technical sales, applications engineering, or customer-facing engineering; polyurethane foam, polymer science, or materials chemistry knowledge; small or mid-sized manufacturing experience; exposure to medical, aerospace, automotive, or industrial manufacturing sectors.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Grow relationships with important accounts across technical and commercial needs.
• Translate customer requirements into manufacturable foam solutions.
• Pursue new sales through inbound leads and outbound prospecting.
• Coordinate with engineering, estimating, manufacturing, and customer service on quotes.
• Travel occasionally for on-site customer visits and industry events.
• Keep accurate records of accounts, pipeline, and customer conversations.
• Stay current on foam materials, applications, and industry changes.
• Work day to day on site with customers, engineering, and manufacturing teammates.
• Explain technical options clearly to non-technical buyers.
• Operate comfortably across departments inside a manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, or closely related technical field.
• Strong analytical thinking for unclear or evolving customer requirements.
• Genuine enjoyment of people engagement with strong listening and trust-building.
• Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Organization and self-direction while juggling multiple tasks.
• Comfort in a manufacturing environment and cross-department collaboration on site.
• Commitment to full-time on-site work in Barberton, Ohio as listed.
• Preferred: technical sales or applications engineering background.
• Preferred: polyurethane foam, polymer science, or materials chemistry knowledge.
• Preferred: small/mid-size manufacturing and relevant end-market exposure.
• Confirm compensation, contract terms, and travel expectations on the live Ashby posting.

What the source leaves open

Pay, benefits, exact travel percentage, and years of experience are not published in the scraped body. Those are not assumed. Verify them Industry list and manufacturing context are client facts from the source.

How to read the charter

on-site technical sales for custom foam, not a remote chemical R&D lab role. If you want pure process engineering with no customer ownership, this Sales Engineer framing is a poor fit.

Application notes

Apply through the Hire Hangar Ashby posting for this job. Prefer must-have signals when assessing fit (ChemE/Polymer degree, on-site Barberton, technical sales bridge to manufacturing). Follow the live posting if location or scope changes. Client industry claims are context from the source. Underspecified items such as pay should be checked on the official page. Prefer must-have signals when assessing fit. Follow the live posting if on-site rules change. Underspecified qualification details should be confirmed before you apply. Prefer must-have signals when assessing fit.