R&D Engineer - Melting

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, formulate, and execute R&D scale melts.
• Make strong decisions - the process is completely run by the Metallurgical Engineer and one operator.
• Drive business development and customer service. Be responsive to customer requests (both internal and external) for material including new and novel alloys and find a way to say yes.
• Support R&D management in evaluating requests, determining feasibility, and assessing whether a strong business case exists.
• Drive capability developments. This includes establishing new processes that meet customer needs for downstream processing of R&D melts. Responsibility for process improvements; CI with focus on throughput speed and RFT as well as transformational changes to capability.
• Lead and support raw ingredient procurement and inventory management.
• Support ongoing and new R&D projects through melting material and leading internal pilot scale work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering, materials science, engineering, or related technical field.
• In lieu of a metallurgical degree, candidate should have at least 4 years experience in metallurgy / metals manufacturing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of or experience working in a manufacturing plant environment.
• Knowledge of melting processes (PAM, EB, ESR, VAR, small arc button melting).
• Knowledge or experience in refractory metallurgy.
• Project Management Training or demonstrated skills.
• Basic mechanical aptitude.
• Python or other coding experience.
• Controls experience, especially PLC and real-time process controls.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated with a proactive mindset, able to manage multiple priorities and commitments to delivering high quality, data driven results in a manufacturing environment.
• The Engineer takes initiative in solving complex problems and enthusiastically tackles challenges including highly uncertain situations.
• You will work independently as well as alongside the R&D team, operations, maintenance, and customers.
• You will work in a flexible environment to meet the needs of high consequence applications; the role requires adapting to the unknown and developing solutions on the fly as problems come up and customers ask for new things.
• Lots of opportunity for growth into new processes and through exposure to a wide range of customers and stakeholders.

Pay

Salary Range: $65,000 to $97,000/annually + variable additional compensation opportunities.

Schedule

This is an onsite position typically working Monday-Friday 7 AM to 4 PM.