Corrosion Engineer

N4 Solutions, LLC; Greenbelt (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

N4 Solutions, LLC in Washington, DC-area programs seeks a corrosion engineering professional to join a fast-paced team focused on naval and maritime systems.

You will lead corrosion research, design cathodic protection, and develop test plans; perform electrochemical testing, data analysis, and modeling to predict material performance.

Candidates should have 5+ years of related experience and an active Secret clearance; strong writing, instrumentation, and field-testing skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in corrosion or related engineering field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years in corrosion science, electrochemistry, or materials degradation.
• Strong knowledge of galvanic/electrochemical corrosion and cathodic protection.
• Hands-on with electrochemical instrumentation, data acquisition, sensors, and test equipment.
• Experience designing rigorous test plans and data-analysis methods.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, COMSOL, or OLI Studio.
• Ability to troubleshoot instrumentation and data-acquisition systems during tests.
• Active Secret security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct corrosion research on metallic alloys, coatings, and materials for naval assets.
• Design, configure, and test cathodic protection systems for maritime structures.
• Develop Physical Scale Modeling test plans, instrumentation, and data-collection methods.
• Prepare, validate, and manage instrumentation and power/sensor systems for tests.
• Stress-test control systems and data-acquisition to ensure data quality and test integrity.
• Perform electrochemical testing including polarization, impedance, and corrosion-rate measurements.

Skills

Corrosion engineering

Electrochemistry

Test planning

Data analysis

Technical writing

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in corrosion engineering or closely related field

5+ years of experience in corrosion science or related RDT&E

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

MATLAB

Python

LabVIEW

COMSOL

OLI Studio

Job description

N4 Solutions, LLC offers our public and private sector clients the collective intellectual knowledge, expertise, and experience of our company and associates to help our customers evaluate, collaborate, innovate, and create business, technology, and scientific solutions that enable them to accomplish their mission and achieve organizational objectives. With the growth of the company, we are seeking a highly motivated and hard-working corrosion engineering professional to join our team. The successful candidate will work in a high-paced and rewarding work environment.

JOB DESCRIPTION/DUTIES:

• Conduct fundamental and applied corrosion research on metallic alloys, coatings, composites, and other materials used on Navy ships, submarines, aircraft, autonomous systems, shore facilities, and related maritime assets.
• Design, construct, configure, and test cathodic protection systems, including impressed-current and sacrificial-anode systems, for maritime structures and representative test platforms.
• Develop, review, and execute Physical Scale Modeling (PSM) test plans for ship and submarine corrosion-control studies, including test configuration, instrumentation requirements, operating conditions, acceptance criteria, and data-collection methods.
• Prepare and validate instrumentation before intensive test periods, including corrosion sensors, reference electrodes, datalogging systems, power supplies, monitoring and control hardware, and associated communications interfaces.
• Stress-test control systems, instrumentation, and data-acquisition configurations prior to and during test execution to identify failure modes, data-quality issues, and test-integrity risks.
• Perform electrochemical testing and analysis, including polarization measurements, impedance spectroscopy, potential/current monitoring, corrosion-rate measurement, and evaluation of cathodic protection behavior.
• Measure, monitor, and quantify corrosion mechanisms, degradation rates, durability, calcareous deposit formation, hydrogen effects, and other material-performance characteristics under Navy-relevant environmental conditions.
• * Plan and conduct seawater, atmospheric, immersion, accelerated-aging, and other environmental exposure experiments to evaluate corrosion performance and protection-system effectiveness.
• Design and evaluate corrosion-monitoring and mitigation instrumentation, sensors, electrical-isolation approaches, tank-inspection systems, underwater ICCP components, wireless devices, and related test hardware.
• Perform corrosion assessments, prognostics, and physical or numerical modeling to predict material degradation, cathodic protection performance, and underwater electromagnetic behavior.
• Analyze experimental datasets using scientific and engineering tools such as MATLAB, Python, COMSOL, OLI Studio, LabVIEW, or equivalent software to identify trends, quantify performance, and validate engineering hypotheses.
• Conduct metallographic, microscopic, chemical, and failure-analysis investigations to characterize corrosion morphology, material condition, degradation mechanisms, and root causes of failure.
• Evaluate the effects of material selection, fabrication, welding, heat treatment, fasteners, crevice geometry, surface condition, and environmental exposure on corrosion behavior and structural integrity.
• Support design and fabrication of scaled models, test fixtures, mockups, piping systems, electrical assemblies, and experimental platforms required for corrosion and cathodic-protection testing.
• Prepare engineering drawings, test procedures, data packages, technical reports, calculations, graphs, and presentations that clearly document test methods, results, conclusions, and technical recommendations.
• Support shipboard, waterfront, shipyard, and field testing as required, including instrumentation setup, inspections, data acquisition, troubleshooting, and post-test analysis.
• Apply applicable Navy, DoD, ASTM, AMPP/NACE, and other technical standards and specifications when planning tests, evaluating corrosion-control systems, and documenting results.
• Maintain rigorous test documentation, configuration control, calibration records, data traceability, and Objective Quality Evidence to support repeatability and technical defensibility of research results.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:

• Bachelor's degree in Corrosion Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related engineering/physical-science discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience in corrosion science, electrochemistry, materials degradation, cathodic protection, or related RDT&E activities in laboratory, field, or maritime environments.
• Strong working knowledge of galvanic and electrochemical corrosion mechanisms, cathodic protection design principles, corrosion monitoring, materials compatibility, and environmental degradation.
• Hands-on experience with electrochemical instrumentation, data acquisition, sensors, control systems, laboratory test equipment, and corrosion/materials characterization techniques.
• Experience developing and executing technically rigorous test plans, experimental procedures, and data-analysis methods for complex engineering experiments.
• Experience with physical-scale testing, instrumented test platforms, seawater or marine-environment testing, or Navy/DoD corrosion-control systems is highly desirable.
• Proficiency with engineering/scientific analysis and modeling tools such as MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, COMSOL, OLI Studio, or equivalent platforms.
• Ability to troubleshoot instrumentation, test hardware, data-acquisition systems, and experimental anomalies during high-tempo test execution.
• Ability to perform fieldwork in laboratory, waterfront, shipboard, shipyard, and other industrial environments as required.
• Excellent technical writing skills with the ability to prepare clear test plans, engineering analyses, technical reports, and recommendations based on experimental evidence.
• Active Secret security clearance required.

LOCATION:

• Washington, DC

The N4 Solutions Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. N4 Solutions hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications and achievements for the job to be filled.