Materials Science Expert, Remote- Contract Remote (International)

Xperteez Technology Pvt Ltd; India; Remote; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover is seeking a Materials Science Expert for a flexible contract, fully remote. You will design challenging technical problems from your domain and define what makes an answer correct, bringing senior academic or industrial experience.

The role emphasizes reading constraints, constructing problems where textbook answers fail, and evaluating solutions with rigorous criteria. Ideal candidates hold a Master’s or PhD in materials science or related field and have leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in materials science or a closely related field is required.
• Principal-level industry experience or faculty appointment is required.
• Deep technical depth in at least one materials subdomain with hands-on ownership.
• Able to explain why an answer is correct so others can verify it.

Responsibilities

• Design difficult technical problems from your own area - structure-property relationships, processing, characterization, failure analysis, computational materials - with realistic constraints and supporting data.
• Provide the correct solution and walk through the reasoning that gets there.
• Define objective criteria for correctness, so another expert reviewing the work would reach the same verdict.
• Review problems built by other contributors for technical accuracy and soundness of method.
• Flag problems that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable rather than submitting them.

Skills

Technical depth

Engineering judgment

Knowing when an answer is wrong

Material science

Education

Master’s or PhD in materials science or closely related field

Job description

Role Title: Materials Science Expert

Role Type: Contract

Location: Remote

Required Skills:

• Technical Depth in a Subdomain




• Engineering Judgment Under Constraints




• Knowing When an Answer Is Wrong




• Material-science
  

Opportunity Snapshot:

Commitment: Flexible - fits alongside your current role

Location: Fully remote

You’ll need: Master’s or PhD in materials science or a closely related field, plus principal-level industry experience or a faculty appointment

Your tasks: Build challenging technical problems from your own domain and define what makes an answer correct

You’ll be working on:

The problems where the textbook answer isn’t enough, where the right approach depends on reading the constraints correctly, where a plausible-looking solution is quietly wrong. You’ll build those problems, provide the correct analysis, and define what separates a right answer from one that only looks

What you’ll do:

• Design difficult technical problems from your own area - structure-property relationships, processing, characterization, failure analysis, computational materials - with realistic constraints and supporting data.




• Provide the correct solution and walk through the reasoning that gets there.




• Define objective criteria for correctness, so another expert reviewing the work would reach the same verdict.




• Review problems built by other contributors for technical accuracy and soundness of method.




• Flag problems that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable rather than submitting them.

What we’re looking for:

• Master’s or PhD in materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymer science, condensed matter physics, or a closely related field.




• Principal, staff, or fellow-level experience in industrial or national lab research, or a faculty appointment at a leading university.




• Deep technical depth in at least one materials subdomain, with hands-on ownership of the work.




• Able to explain why an answer is correct clearly enough that another scientist could verify it.




• Publications, patents, or a record of technical leadership is a strong plus.




• AI or LLM evaluation experience is a plus, but not required.