Materials Engineer (Metals)

About The Role

We are seeking a curious, hands-on materials engineer to help develop and integrate materials and processes into market-defining commercial devices. You will apply materials science fundamentals to understand how processing affects the structure and properties of metals and ceramics, working alongside experienced engineers to develop processes that meet device requirements.

Your work will span materials processing, characterization, and property testing, with opportunities to build experience in heat treatment, thin-film deposition, bonding, and other fabrication techniques. You will help evaluate incoming materials, investigate how processing changes their behavior, and use experimental results to improve process consistency and performance. You will also collaborate with adjacent teams to transfer established processes from our prototyping fab to our digital, autonomous manufacturing platform.

This full-time position is based in our Emeryville site within the Process Engineering organization.

What You'll Do

• Plan and execute experiments with guidance appropriate to experience to understand processing-structure-property relationships across a range of materials, with a focus on metals and ceramics.
• Own assigned process development tasks and projects, troubleshoot issues, and contribute improvements to procedures and tool capabilities.
• Operate materials processing equipment for applications such as rolling, forming, alloy heat treatment, thin-film deposition, and bonding.
• Apply bulk and surface characterization techniques to evaluate materials and monitor process outputs.
• Help evaluate incoming materials through supplier documentation review and in-house testing, and contribute to refining material specifications.
• Collaborate with engineers, technicians, and operators to develop processes and transfer materials, procedures, and supporting documentation into fabrication workflows.
• Follow established processing and safety protocols, analyze experimental data, document procedures, maintain accurate records, and communicate key findings.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field, with 2-3 years of relevant experience, including research or internships.
• Working knowledge of physical metallurgy and processing-structure-property relationships in metals and alloys.
• Hands-on experience processing or characterizing metals, alloys, or coatings.
• Experience with one or more materials characterization techniques (e.g., metallography, SEM, EDS, EBSD, XRF, XRD) or material property tests (e.g., tensile, hardness, fatigue, micro- or nanoindentation).
• Ability to plan systematic experiments, interpret results critically, and communicate findings clearly.

The compensation for this position also includes equity and benefits.

Salary Range $140,000 - $170,000 USD

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