Materials & Processes Engineer — R&D to Flight-Ready

Applied Technology Solutions, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Employment Opportunity

Drug-Free Workplace

E-Verify

Export Control Regulations

Job summary

Applied Technology Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Materials and Processes Engineer to support materials selection, testing, and workflow development across R&D, design, manufacturing, and testing programs.

You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to translate stakeholder needs into verifiable system requirements and apply metallurgy, ceramics, or composites principles, including NDT/NDE methods and material standards. A clear path to security clearance is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience providing materials and processes support for design activities.
• Knowledge of metallurgy, ceramics, or composites and strengthening mechanisms.
• Ability to translate stakeholder needs into verifiable system requirements.
• Familiarity with materials characterization and testing techniques.
• Experience with NDT/NDE methods and material standards (ASTM/AWS/AMS).
• Experience in R&D or prototyping focused on materials production or testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; US Citizen with ability to obtain security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide materials and processes engineering support for system and component design, manufacturing, integration, and testing.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary design team to evaluate materials and processes against program and application requirements.
• Support materials selection and evaluate applicable materials standards and specifications.
• Capture stakeholder needs and translate them into verifiable system requirements.
• Apply materials engineering principles related to metallurgy, ceramics, or composites, including strengthening mechanisms, fracture mechanics, and thermal response.
• Support materials characterization, testing, inspection, and evaluation activities.
• Develop and refine processes and manufacturing workflows for materials testing, inspection, production, and related activities.
• Apply working knowledge of nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT/NDE) methods to support materials and component evaluation.

Skills

Materials engineering

Metallurgy

Ceramics

Composites

NDT/NDE

Materials testing

Process development

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Cameo MBSE

Python

MATLAB

JMP

Job description

Applied Technology Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Materials and Processes Engineer to support materials selection, testing, and workflow development across R&D, design, manufacturing, and testing programs.

You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to translate stakeholder needs into verifiable system requirements and apply metallurgy, ceramics, or composites principles, including NDT/NDE methods and material standards. A clear path to security clearance is expected.