Laser Materials Scientist for Scale-Up & Innovation

Light Materials; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Full benefits

Job summary

Light Materials is seeking an outstanding experimentalist to own the science of their roboticized, laser-controlled materials processing technology. The role is multidisciplinary, hands-on, and tightly coupled to hardware development and scale-up for higher throughputs and new applications.

You will design and run experiments, build diagnostics, and help translate concepts into real parts for customers, while interfacing with engineers to steer future generations of machinery.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Strong hands-on experimental skills with independent project execution.
• Experience with laboratory optics and data-driven experimentation.
• Proficiency in common programming languages and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Operate laser-controlled, roboticized materials processing to grow and qualify parts.
• Build diagnostics and run experiments to extend throughput and new geometries.
• Reconfigure software and hardware to prototype parts for early customers.
• Communicate architectural tradeoffs and set direction for future machinery.
• Collaborate with engineers to translate concepts into hardware improvements.

Skills

PhD in physics

Hands-on experiments

Laboratory optics

Programming

Problem solving

Education

PhD in physics, materials science, or engineering

Tools

CAD tools

3D printing

GCMS

Job description

Light Materials is seeking an outstanding experimentalist to own the science of their roboticized, laser-controlled materials processing technology. The role is multidisciplinary, hands-on, and tightly coupled to hardware development and scale-up for higher throughputs and new applications.

You will design and run experiments, build diagnostics, and help translate concepts into real parts for customers, while interfacing with engineers to steer future generations of machinery.