engineering
Posted May 13Senior Ceramic Engineer / Ingénieur Céramique Sénior - ELYSIS
at Alcoa
United States New Kensington, United StatesRemote
Requirements
- The ELYSIS™ technology effectively puts an end to the use of carbon anode in the aluminum smelting process.
- ELYSIS metal is now being used by Apple (MacBook Pro and iPhone 12 SE), Ab InBEV (cans), Audi (e-tron GT wheels), and Corona (cans).
- About the position: The Senior Materials Development Engineer will use their wide breadth of knowledge and expertise in ceramic materials and processes to lead research and development efforts associated with technical readiness level advancement of a ceramic process used to produce proprietary and novel ceramic electrodes for the Elysis smelting process.
- Responsibilities: Creates and executes technical programs aimed at reducing industrialization scale-up risks for critical equipment and processes, Leads projects, defines objectives, develops work plans, and conducts research that builds-off of past advances and scientific understanding of the breakthrough materials used in Elysis’s advanced smelting processes.
- Use of a competent, hands-on approach that applies fundamental engineering principles to practical solutions and applications in laboratory, pilot, and commercial scale environments.
- Seeks-out and identifies opportunities for improvements and implements innovative solutions required to advance materials development goals and/or production initiatives required for the success of the Elysis program.
- About You Graduate degree in Materials Science & Engineering, Ceramics Engineering, or Chemical Engineering. 5-10 years of relevant work
- experience related to the development of ceramic materials or processes preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge in ceramic sintering processes, processing equipment and process scale-up experience.
- Strong aptitude in physical, chemical, and thermal material property characterization methods and analysis.
- Experience working in collaborative, results driven, fast-paced team environments.
- This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging.
Benefits
- In fact, we will actually be generating oxygen to our atmosphere during the aluminum production process– a revolution to the aluminum industry! We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress.