Senior Ceramic Materials Engineer – Carbon-Free Smelting

Alcoa Australia; New Kensington (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alcoa’s ELYSIS program is seeking a Senior Materials Development Engineer to lead ceramic materials research for revolutionary low-emission aluminum production. You will guide technical readiness, collaborate with electrode production and industrialization teams, and help scale ceramic processes from lab to pilot and commercial scales.

The role requires a graduate degree in materials/ceramics/chemical engineering, plus 5–10 years of relevant experience and strong data-analysis skills.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree required with strong experimental and data-analysis capabilities.
• Experience with ceramic materials, sintering processes and scaling up to pilot/industrial environments.
• Proven ability to manage projects, timelines and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Creates and executes technical programs to reduce industrialization scale-up risks.
• Leads projects, defines objectives, develops work plans and conducts R&D.
• Provides data-based guidance for equipment and process design to reduce risk.
• Supports development of technical specifications for materials and equipment sets.
• Applies fundamentals of engineering to lab, pilot and commercial scale environments.
• Uses root cause analysis for material/process issues.
• Identifies opportunities for improvements and implements solutions.
• Manages vendor relations, scopes, schedules and budgets; reports progress.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Ceramics knowledge

Sintering processes

Process scale-up

Education

Graduate degree in Materials Science & Engineering, Ceramics Engineering, or Chemical Engineering

Job description

Alcoa’s ELYSIS program is seeking a Senior Materials Development Engineer to lead ceramic materials research for revolutionary low-emission aluminum production. You will guide technical readiness, collaborate with electrode production and industrialization teams, and help scale ceramic processes from lab to pilot and commercial scales.

The role requires a graduate degree in materials/ceramics/chemical engineering, plus 5–10 years of relevant experience and strong data-analysis skills.