Product Engineer

About the role

The Product Engineer serves as the technical interface between the customer and Special Metals Corporation, providing materials engineering input and guidance throughout the product life cycle from inception to market introduction, and maintaining optimum production routes to ensure product quality, production efficiency, and cost reduction.

Responsibilities

• Work on technical matters relating to nickel alloys.
• Assess and analyze structures of various alloys.
• Develop, establish and document new and improved procedures and methods for metal production.
• Establish company process standards.
• Initiate, manage and monitor experimental and product testing projects.
• Perform root‑cause failure analysis.
• Monitor alloy performance and evaluate material deterioration.
• Provide engineering direction to optimize alloy production.
• Perform characterization of new products.
• Provide technical oversight for specified development programs, including technical advice to customers and assistance to the Manufacturing Department.
• Accomplish all tasks as appropriate.

Requirements

• BS in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or other technical degree with relevant experience.
• 1–3 years of experience in a manufacturing (alloys) environment.
• Strong knowledge of VAR/VIM/ESR melting, hot & cold rolling, forging, and extrusion.
• Familiar with metallurgy principles and equipment for tracking and implementing internal changes.
• Ability to conduct experimental work to verify concepts, establish mill capacity, and obtain customer validation.
• Excellent computer skills, initiative, organizational skills, communication, decision‑making, ability to work within budgets and deadlines, and knowledge of relevant legal regulations.
• Physical demands: frequently moves about production facilities, must detect unsafe conditions from a distance, works inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid and dry/arid conditions, requires use of personal protective equipment.

Skills

• Root‑cause failure analysis
• Material characterization
• VAR/VIM/ESR melting
• Hot & cold rolling
• Forging and extrusion
• Process standard development
• Experimental project management
• Technical customer support

Schedule

Full‑time, on‑site.