Associate Materials and Process Engineer

The ideal candidate utilizes their personal experience, knowledge, and passion to drive to true root cause to answer the question “Why?” Why did a product perform in a particular way? Why did a process achieve the results it did? Why did an existing design choose to implement the solution they did?

The ideal candidate is a change agent – an advocate for continuous improvement – chooses to follow the “right” path rather than the “easy” path and is a valued member of the M&PE team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support initiatives to identify and develop new or improved materials, processes, fabrication, and assembly techniques for new product design and manufacturing.

• Collaborate with internal customers to define production issues.

• Utilize failure analysis equipment (optical microscope, XRF, SEM, X-ray, FTIR) to determine root cause.

• Work with technical leads to understand customer and contractual requirements and supplier quality to implement solutions aligning with industry standards and practices.

• Review product against drawing specifications and determine if components meet requirements.

• Organize tasks and be a self-starter.

• Work productively within a team environment.

• Maintain responsibility and accountability for tasks/projects.

• Delivers engineered solutions in the form of presentations, white papers, and formal peer reviewed reports to design engineering.

• Supports manufacturing operations, quality functions, and supply chain as a valued M&PE providing critical input as required to meet overall business objectives.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering or Chemical Engineering

• Due to restrictions on access to certain technical data, all applicants to this position must fit the definition of “US Person”.

• Due to direct product contact, this position is expected to be an on-site role in Vergennes, VT.

• Must have proven written and spoken communication skills.

Shift: First Shift

Compensation: 70,000-95,000