About The Role

We are looking for a Material Process Engineering co-op to help to develop and standardize processes for a novel feedstock material. Strong communication, flexibility, and the desire to “wear many hats'' will all be essential skills for any successful applicant. You will be expected to teach yourself new skills and apply them to complete your tasks and projects, but you will receive guidance and mentorship along the way.

Responsibilities:

• Tune process parameters to make performance improvements

• Assist in quality control and process improvement efforts for production scale-up

• Develop and perform surface characterization testing and metallographic inspection

• Perform electron and optical microscopy analysis

• Support feedstock alloy development and validation

• Develop and perform mechanical testing methods

• Design and carry out Design of Experiments and other statistical analysis

• Use Alloy’s hardware and software to build sample parts and test specimens

• Provide feedback to mechanical and software engineers on machine performance

• Develop automated data collection, statistical analysis, and reporting on quality metrics

Requirements:

• You take ownership of your projects, completing tasks efficiently and effectively

• You are adaptable and excel when working in a fast-paced environment

• Background or coursework in materials science, mechanical engineering, or controls preferred

• Past industry co-ops or internships strongly desired

• Pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, or Chemistry

• Strong communication skills and ability to document technical

• Basic SW experience is a plus: Python, linux, excel, Jira, git, or PLC programming

Additional requirements

This position will require access to information subject to control under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”). Please note that any offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive controlled items without sponsorship for an export license.

Regarding Sponsorship

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa, including H-1B, H-1C, H-2A, H-2B, H-3, F-1 or OPT at this time.

Equal employment opportunity

We are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all our employees and seek to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our products. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.