Materials Engineer

iWorld Professionals; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

iWorld Professionals is seeking a Materials Engineer for our client, a growing manufacturing company in Rochester NY. This onsite position focuses on improving material performance and supporting product development for aerospace and automotive applications.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in Engineering or Materials Science, at least 5 years of metallurgical lab experience, and strong skills in metallurgy, thermal processing, and failure analysis.

Qualifications

• A degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing and metallurgical laboratory operations.
• Strong foundation in metallurgy, materials performance, thermal processing, and failure analysis.
• Ability to interpret technical specifications and translate findings into manufacturing solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across engineering, production, and quality teams.

Responsibilities

• Recommend metals, materials, and thermal-processing methods meeting requirements.
• Develop material and process standards.
• Establish specifications for materials selection, heat treatment, corrosion resistance, wear, plating, coatings.
• Provide technical guidance for machining and heat-treatment operations.
• Train heat-treatment operators.
• Perform sample preparation and testing.
• Investigate failures and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate outside testing to verify specifications.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, equipment, and lab capabilities; develop lab tech roadmap.
• Support quality and compliance with updates to engineering leadership.

Skills

Metallurgy

Materials performance

Thermal processing

Failure analysis

Technical communication

Education

Engineering, Materials Science degree

Job description

iWorld Professionals is seeking a Materials Engineer for our client, a growing manufacturing company in Rochester NY. This is an onsite position.

If you are a Materials Engineer that enjoys working as part of a team to help improve material performance, strengthen manufacturing processes, and support the development of products for demanding aerospace and automotive applications, then this position is for you!

• Recommend metals, materials, and thermal-processing methods that meet product performance and manufacturing requirements.
• Develop material and process standards
• Establish and maintain specifications for materials selection, heat treatment, corrosion resistance, wear performance, plating, and coatings.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting for machining and heat-treatment operations, including bright hardening, annealing, tempering, and sub-zero treatments.
• Train and certify heat-treatment operators to applicable specifications.
• Perform and oversee sample preparation, sectioning, mounting, polishing, microhardness testing of materials and plating, and corrosion testing.
• Investigate failures by analyzing issues involving metals, weldments, and customer returns; document findings and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate outside testing and reports to verify compliance with specifications.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, equipment, and laboratory capabilities, including developing a technology roadmap for the lab.
• Support quality and compliance by providing regular technical updates to engineering leadership.
• A degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing and metallurgical laboratory operations.
• A strong foundation in metallurgy, materials performance, thermal processing, and failure analysis.
• The ability to interpret technical specifications and translate findings into practical manufacturing solutions.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate across engineering, production, and quality teams.
• Ability to work onsite in Rochester NY.

Salary commensurate with experience $90,000 - $110,000 range plus full benefit package and career growth opportunity. Excellent work environment with smart collaborative team members.