Materials & Process Engineer

Materials & Process Engineer

Vulcan Elements is onshoring the manufacturing of rare-earth permanent magnets with a fully domestic supply chain and focus on decarbonization, servicing customers in critical industries such as defense, aerospace, and automotive. Vulcan Elements is building a team of ambitious professionals committed to Mission Focus, Technical Excellence, and Transparency. As a Materials & Process Engineer on the Engineering team, you will develop the processes and equipment required for scaling advanced metallurgy processes.

Responsibilities

· Operate safely in a pilot manufacturing and R&D facility working hands-on with molten metals and reactive materials.

· Lead the materials and process development for an advanced metallurgy process.

· Optimize process parameters to achieve target quality and performance requirements, study process windows and develop bounding setpoints for processes

· Design and engineer the systems required for scale-up from laboratory to pilot and commercial production. Conduct materials engineering characterization work both internally and at outside laboratories as required, review data and iterate rapidly.

· Oversee development work at partner facilities as needed.

· Complete minor equipment modifications, equipment/tool design, and oversee fabrication contractors as required to achieve desired process outcomes.

· Contribute to the development of core equipment technology, including development of next generation processes and equipment for production

· Work with the engineering and leadership teams to transition technology from pilot to commercial scale

Responsibilities and tasks outlined are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the business

Qualifications

· Direct experience with metallic materials processing, high-temperature processes, specialty chemical/metallurgy processes, preferably at an industrially relevant scale.

· Preferred experience with system engineering and PLC controls.

· Direct experience optimizing both manufacturing processes and material compositions to achieve desired outcomes.

· Proficient in materials characterization techniques and tools

· Hands on with equipment and material

· Desired qualifications are likely to have been obtained by at least a Bachelors Degree, or likely a Masters Degree, in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, industrial Engineering, or related engineering/science discipline, and at least five years of industry experience