Materials Engineer

Responsibilities

• Run various polymer materials characterizations, ranging from mechanical and physical properties, chemical characterizations, and collaborate with third party for outsourced testing.
• Document all experiments, observations, and results with clarity and traceability.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure alignment of test methods, materials, and design criteria.
• Handle multiple concurrent tasks while meeting deadlines and quality standards.
• Maintain calibration status of all characterization equipment and ensure compliance with internal SOPs and applicable external standards.

Requirements

• Masters in Materials Science or a closely related discipline with 2+ years of industry experience in relevant settings.
• Demonstrable hands-on laboratory skills in materials characterization with the ability to independently design, execute, and document experiments.
• Good understanding of chemical and mechanical characterization of polymers and monomers, such as NMR, TGA, tensile testing.
• Microfabrication cleanroom experience.
• Ability to analyze experiments and communicate conclusions with clarity.
• Demonstrates versatility in a highly dynamic environment where projects grow and evolve constantly.

Qualifications

• Experience in MEMS, Microfluidics and Medical devices fabrication (preferred).
• Familiar with FTIR, GPC, DSC, rheometry (preferred).
• Solid understanding of material failure modes relevant to coatings, thin films, and microfluidic interfaces (preferred).
• Experience with quality assurance related to GMP, ISO-9001 and ISO-13485 manufacturing principles (preferred).