Product Engineer: Advanced Materials & Testing

Tribonet; Woburn (MA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Unlimited vacation

Flexible working style

Health, dental & vision insurance

Job summary

Foundation Alloy, a Boston-area materials science startup, seeks a Product Engineer to translate alloy breakthroughs into manufacturable, reproducible, market-ready products with hands-on testing.

You will own post-testing failure analysis, design custom tests and rigs, work with external labs, maintain detailed data, calibrate equipment, and author datasheets and procedures across all alloy lines while collaborating with R&D, manufacturing, and commercial teams.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in materials science, mechanical engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of industry experience in metallurgy, materials engineering with testing and characterization.
• Familiarity with alloy processing techniques such as powder metallurgy, heat treatment, or additive manufacturing.
• Familiarity with powder characterization and material property measurements including mechanical, electrical, magnetic and chemical characterization.
• Proven ability to develop quality assurance frameworks, write material specifications, and establish characterization test procedures.
• Systematic, detail-oriented problem solving and process development.
• Collaborative team player across R&D, manufacturing and commercial functions.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, resource-constrained startup environment.
• Strong technical writing skills for datasheets, SOPs, and specs.

Responsibilities

• Own post-testing failure analysis of customer tests and translate findings into feedback.
• Design and build custom tests, rigs, and proxy methods to measure product performance.
• Work with external labs on high-temperature properties, wear, fatigue, oxidation, corrosion, DBTT, Gleeble and spectroscopy.
• Maintain detailed documentation of test data by alloy and product.
• Own calibration and maintenance of internal testing equipment.
• Author and maintain material datasheets, characterization procedures, and technical documentation.
• Partner with other engineers and scientists to determine testing needs and designs.

Skills

Materials science

Mechanical engineering

Material testing

Lab equipment maintenance

Technical writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Education

MS/PhD in materials science or related field

Tools

Powder metallurgy

Heat treatment

Additive manufacturing

Gleeble

Spectroscopy

Job description

Foundation Alloy, a Boston-area materials science startup, seeks a Product Engineer to translate alloy breakthroughs into manufacturable, reproducible, market-ready products with hands-on testing.

You will own post-testing failure analysis, design custom tests and rigs, work with external labs, maintain detailed data, calibrate equipment, and author datasheets and procedures across all alloy lines while collaborating with R&D, manufacturing, and commercial teams.