Materials Engineer, Failure Analysis Labs

Do you have a passion for understanding the inner workings of products, components, and materials? Do you have a keen focus on project management and an attention to detail to enable successful failure analysis projects? Come join a company that creates the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. Our team is comprised of talented scientists and engineering professionals who are passionate about their work and its impact to the customer and our products. We work in a highly collaborative and multi-functional environment, managing multiple deadlines, and handling numerous projects at a time.

As a Materials Engineer, you will take responsibility for cross-functional projects involving different internal and external partners and ensuring that they are planned, well-executed and on-time. This is a great opportunity to be a technical leader. Let's do our best work together!

Description

You will be responsible for managing projects from cross-functional teams related to failure analysis and materials characterization. Responsibilities will include alignment with project initiators, determination of the project lead, defining budgets and obtaining financial approvals, regular communication of status and critical issues to a wide group, highlighting issues impacting timeline to project initiators and tracking, and delivery of project goals within the agreed schedule.

- Lead efforts on project management for a Failure Analysis (FA) team

- Serve as the primary point of contact for communications across a project and alert the broader team of any changes to scope, goals, timeline and deliverables

- Monitor project progress and performance, ensuring alignment with goals and adjusting as necessary

- Develop strong links to the team of internal lab engineers, partner teams in other company functions and key external vendors

- Apply best-in-class project management methodologies on all projects

- Implement an effective communication strategy to ensure that all project partners are kept fully informed on project progress

- Ensure that projects are well scoped, utilize appropriate resources and apply well-costed solutions

- Provide succinct and accurate updates

- Ensure that the team meets its key goals and critical issues are clearly understood and communicated

- Flexible to deal with fast-changing business environments and focus on measurements including cost, quality and availability

- Tracking purchases across the organization and managing budget tools

- Flexibility to coordinate with global teams across multiple time zones

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum B.S. in Materials Science, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering Management or a related engineering field with 3+ years industry experience.

Experience with engineering management fundamentals and possess the ability to balance multiple projects and timelines

Understanding of material characterization techniques (e.g. X-ray CT, SEM, FTIR, XPS, AFM, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

MS or PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering Management or related engineering field

3+ years of relevant experience in a project management or engineering management role supporting a diverse array of projects and timelines.

Familiarity with a variety of materials characterization techniques is desired (e.g., X-ray CT, SEM, FTIR, XPS, AFM, etc)

Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

Ability to collaborate with different teams including engineering, operations, business functions and external vendors, using influencing skills to drive decisions and meet deadlines

Analytical thinker who is data driven, with a can-do attitude and flexibility to accommodate evolving business needs

Strong problem resolution, problem solving, and presentation skills

Ability to articulate complex business and technical situations to a variety of audiences