AGC Glass Europe offers challenging, and highly rewarding career opportunities. Join a leading international glass company, share a global stage of incredible opportunity with more than 50.000 employees worldwide. Work and grow alongside some of the brightest people in your field.

Our passion is glass. Glass creates emotion by connecting people with their environment. Could it connect us with you?

The Company: AGC Glass Europe

- European branch of the AGC group, based in Belgium.
- Produces, processes and distributes flat glass for the construction industry, the automotive industry and various high-tech applications.
- 14.000 employees.
- 18 float glass lines, 10 automotive glass processing centers and more than 100 distribution-processing units in Europe.

AGC’s Technovation Centre (Gosselies, Belgium)

- Centralises research, engineering and IP activities in Gosselies.
- 300 employees (200 researchers).
- Three missions : technological innovation, technical assistance and scientific advice for which the R&D centre is developing high-tech glass products.

AGC’s Technovation Centre is recruiting a RESEARCHER (physics, material sciences, chemistry) / PROJECT MANAGER TO WORK ON INTEGRATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC INTO AUTOMOTIVE SUNROOFS.

Be part of the CAR-EVOLUTION. The Automotive sector is in full turnaround. The advent of the autonomous car will dramatically reshape the way people interact with vehicles, the future design of roads and cities. Glass has a major role to play. Come and experience the excitement and challenges of industrial research in one of Europe’s largest glass R&D Centres.

The Role / Job :

YOU AT THE TECHNOVATION CENTRE – AUTOMOTIVE TRANSFORMATION DEPARTMENT  

You will be located at AGC’s Technovation Centre close to Brussels (Belgium). Together with 300 researchers, engineers and technicians, you will experience how AGC seeks to :

• turn glass into a durable material meeting a growing range of needs (connectivity, safety and health, aesthetics)
• engage in radical innovation with technological breakthroughs opening up new market opportunities.

The Automotive Transformation team (40 people) is organised into 3 departments, from project management to prototyping to product validation. It focuses mainly on new product developments for the OEM.

YOUR MISSION (definite term contract)

We are looking for a researcher with project leading skills to deal with the integration of photovoltaics into a sunroof application. More specifically   

• Validate customer needs
• Understand the automotive and PV environment and identify the right partners
• Define the cost effectiveness of the product and the relevant industrial scenario
• Develop a POC demo

Requirements :

YOUR SCIENTIFIC PROFILE

• You love science. It is in your blood. This translated into good academic results in one of the following fields: civil engineering, master or PHD in chemistry, material science or related field
• You have a strong affinity with industrial and operational processes and enjoy being on the field.

YOUR GENERAL SKILLS

You have much more to offer than your technical skills. You are an allrounder and recognize yourself in the following:

• A born project manager: good at coordinating, structuring, setting a pace, following up on deliverables at different steps of a project process
• Multi tasker, able to meet deadlines and manage different projects
• Curious with a bias for action
• Troubleshooter with analytical skills
• Efficient communicator in multicultural environments: presentations, reports, discussions, negotiations.
• Strong logical mind – yet creative and entrepreneurial with an agile spirit
• Hungry for learning and growth
• Able to elaborate, test, and propose new concepts autonomously
• Fluent in English (essential). Knowledge of French is a plus.

Location :

Gosselies

Are you ready to sign "Glass Unlimited"?

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY

• You’ll be part of a committed, smart, respectful, and fun team
• You’ll get wide-ranging exposure to different aspects of glass and technology.
• We offer competitive compensation with 40 days holiday, a casual office environment, and respect for autonomy and diversity
• We offer a training programme involving diverse topics: design thinking, agile working methods, (self) leadership and personal development, presentation skills, innovation management, project management, glass fundamentals – products and processes  and factory visits