Senior Metallurgical Engineer

Prime Responsibilities & Key Performance Areas

• Develop and implement metallurgical processes, controls, and improvements to support product development and maintenance.
• Collaborate with quality and engineering teams to ensure compliance with customer specifications and generate detailed technical reports.
• Manage metallography laboratory personnel and oversee daily lab operations.
• Provide technical support to the metallography lab, including equipment use, test methods, and interpretation of results.
• Support Operations with:
  • New parts qualification
  • Periodic cut-up evaluations
  • Review of customer technical and quality specifications
  • Creation of manufacturing procedures
  • Failure investigations
  • Cost reduction initiatives in coordination with die engineering and sales
• Recommend and implement process improvements and standardization initiatives.
• Align product development with customer and product requirements to deliver cost-effective, robust solutions.
• Transition new products and processes into full-scale manufacturing.
• Investigate, evaluate, and implement new or improved manufacturing technologies and methodologies.
• Serve as the technical expert and single point of contact for material science-related inquiries across production and customer support.
• Communicate and collaborate with customers, suppliers, engineers, production personnel, and management.
• Act as technical spokesperson for casting, alloy selection, heat treatment, resonant inspection, NDT, part failure analysis, and resolution of material specification conflicts.
• Monitor internal and external technologies to identify opportunities or threats to existing products and processes.
• Maintain accurate records to validate past actions and support intellectual property protection.

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Ensure compliance with the Company’s Code of Conduct in all operations.
• Assist in solving technical problems as they arise.
• Coordinate with customers on component testing to determine failure modes and effects.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering or Materials Engineering.
• Minimum of 7 years of technical experience working with specialty alloys.
• Proven ability to apply metallurgical and materials science principles in a manufacturing setting.
• Experience leading the implementation of new process technologies and bridging R&D with production.
• Strong knowledge of metallurgical standards, methods, practices, and equipment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in data analysis, applied statistics, process control, and measurement system analysis (MSA/RR).
• Creative and strategic thinker capable of developing innovative solutions to improve performance and yield.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement tools, including Kaizen, synchronous manufacturing, and Six Sigma.
• Skilled in mechanical testing and metallographic procedures.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities; highly organized and adept at setting priorities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and relevant software tools.
• Adaptable and flexible when addressing production or development challenges.
• Able to interpret and apply complex technical specifications and engineering drawings.

Pay Details: $ to $ per year

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