Senior Metallurgist – Advanced Technologies

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

Major Focus: The Senior Metallurgist will be part of Mott’s overall innovation team and is responsible for providing technical support to customers (internal and external); developing new powders and materials; processes; engineering specifications; and performing metallurgical evaluations and failure analyses.  The successful candidate will collaborate with customers, design engineering, manufacturing, QA, and sales to help deliver high quality, precision products.  The Senior Metallurgist will also investigate opportunities for improving existing materials, processes, equipment, adherence to specifications and technology for attaining cost reductions and continuous improvement goals.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert in the Company on powder metallurgy and material science.
• Provide expertise and guidance on the relationship between material science and manufacturing processes.
• Lead prototyping trials of new materials. Develop strategic suppliers with new capabilities and materials.
• Provide scientific support and expertise to internal and external customers.

Major Challenges:

• Ability to rapidly test prototype material in a matrixed organization with limited dedicated equipment.
• Oversight of multiple tasks with varying priorities, goals, protocols, and durations in a fast-paced environment.
• Organization, management, and synthesis of of test data into actionable, statistically meaningful information.
• Working with a multi-disciplinary team to arrive at manufacturable component designs and reliably performing systems.

Expected Performance Outcomes:

• Develop new materials based on Business Unit specific product roadmaps.
• Support, generation, and development of new powder suppliers, supplier capabilities, or materials.
• Generation and capture of intellectual property.
• Timely attainment of internal and external technical milestones.
• Regular interactions with internal stakeholders to communicate and resolve technical issues.
• Engagement with customers as appropriate to establish roadmap.

Required Experience:

• M.S. or PhD in Material Science, Metallurgy, or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience on Metallurgy including new material development.
• Deep expertise in physical and mechanical properties.
• Deep expertise in the relationship between process variables, alloy chemistries, and the resultant material performance.
• Proven track record of project management.

 

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Total Rewards

The compensation range for this position is $86,000.00 - $129,000.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.

Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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