Metallurgical Engineer

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Come join the SURVICE Engineering mission to protect, enhance, and enable those who defend the United States. Since 1981, we have supported the DoD community, as well as Homeland Security, advanced technologies, environmental, and commercial markets. Our employees have backgrounds in engineering, physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, acquisition, technical writing, training, and other technical and administrative fields. Many of our personnel have DoD and/or operational military experience.

If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding career with a leading organization, come see what we can offer you!

Position

• Metallurgical Engineer
• Location:
  
  Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
• Security Clearance:
  Active Clearance or Eligible to Obtain – U.S. citizenship required
• Salary: $85,000 - $100,000 depending on experience and education
• Travel: 5%
• Benefits: SURVICE Engineering offers a total rewards package to include competitive salaries, comprehensive insurance options, paid time off, 401(k), flexible spending, tuition reimbursement.

Survice Engineering is currently seeking a Metallurgical Engineer to support our Aberdeen Research Operation. You will accelerate your career and become an integral team member within the defense community.

• Develop novel alloys and post‑processing to improve performance of conventionally produced cast, wrought, and welded structural metals. Characterize novel materials and processes to quantify performance improvements for future Army systems integration.
• Help develop optimal heat treatment and alloying strategies to enhance performance of structural metals across a range of Army protection and lethality applications. Apply metals characterization and testing methods to develop structure‑property‑processing relationships that inform Army system‑level materials selection.
• Develop, demonstrate, prototype, and evaluate new or improved structural materials to enable technologies with unique processing strategies.
• Characterize the resulting material using metallography and electron microscopy to assess microstructure, and perform thermal and mechanical testing to assess properties. Use findings to modify future materials and improve alloy performance.
• Learn and develop expertise in machining (grinding, milling, grit blasting), casting, forging, rolling, welding, heat treatment, fixture and machine fabrication, materials characterization (polishing and microscopy), and mechanical testing (tensile, hardness, impact).
• Document processing, characterization, and testing through written reports including graphical and statistical analysis. Contextualize results with historical data to determine trends and guide further investigation; use machine learning models and standard trend fitting to assess alloy and processing improvements.

Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical or Materials Sciences and 2+ years of relevant experience. Exceptional candidates with less experience will be considered. Candidates are not required to possess all qualifications; if you possess some of the desired qualifications, please apply.

• Basic knowledge of materials and manufacturing technologies
• Experience in mechanical testing
• Knowledge and/or experience in structural alloy development
• Knowledge and/or experience with machining
• Preferred/Optional:
• Knowledge and experience with structural alloy development
• Knowledge and/or training in welding
• Demonstrated experience with developing structure‑processing‑property relationships
• Demonstrated expertise in structural alloy characterization and analysis
• Author or co‑author of publication(s) pertaining to structural alloy development
• Lead presenter at conference presentation

SURVICE Engineering is a nationally recognized, single‑source engineering service provider for government and industry organizations involved in all phases of the systems engineering process. Our employees have supported the development, testing, analysis, and modeling and simulation of many major U.S. air, land, and sea combat systems. We also contribute to other vital national defense programs and technologies involving survivability, cybersecurity, information technology/management, software engineering, unmanned aerial systems, and metrology/reverse engineering.

Survice Engineering is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.