Advanced Materials R&D Engineer

ArcTern Ventures; Richmond Hill; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Collaborative work environment

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Polar Performance Materials is seeking an R&D Engineer to support research, development, scale-up, and commercialization of materials and manufacturing technologies. You will work across lab, pilot, and production environments to translate concepts into practical, scalable processes.

The role requires planning experiments, analyzing data, troubleshooting challenges, and documenting development activities while collaborating with R&D, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Product Management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related technical discipline.
• Experience in R&D, process development, materials development, manufacturing, or related technical environment preferred.
• Experience in laboratory, pilot-scale, or manufacturing environment is an asset.
• Experience with advanced materials, ceramics, chemical processing, high-purity materials, or related industries is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute experiments and development activities for new materials, products, processes, and technologies.
• Analyze experimental results, identify trends, and recommend next steps based on technical findings.
• Research and evaluate new materials, technologies, equipment, and processing methods to support R&D objectives.
• Support development and scale-up of processes from laboratory through pilot and manufacturing environments.
• Plan and execute pilot and production trials in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Identify critical process parameters and troubleshoot technical challenges to establish scalable process conditions.
• Support new product and technology development from concept through validation and commercialization.
• Evaluate material characteristics and product performance against requirements.
• Coordinate knowledge transfer and closure of findings from audits.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Attention to detail

Independent work

Microsoft Office

Data analysis

DOE knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Statistical analysis tools

Design of Experiments (DOE)

Job description

Polar Performance Materials is seeking an R&D Engineer to support research, development, scale-up, and commercialization of materials and manufacturing technologies. You will work across lab, pilot, and production environments to translate concepts into practical, scalable processes.

The role requires planning experiments, analyzing data, troubleshooting challenges, and documenting development activities while collaborating with R&D, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Product Management