Materials Engineer I

• Plan and execute experimental programmes to validate new alloy concepts and material hypotheses generated through computational alloy design and development activities.
• Prepare, coordinate, and assess material test campaigns for additively manufactured coupons, sub-scale demonstrators, and prototype parts across a range of metallic systems.
• Perform metallographic preparation and detailed microstructural characterisation using appropriate techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM/EDS, EBSD, XRD, and related methods to evaluate grain structure, phase balance, defects, and process response.
• Support the generation, execution, and interpretation of mechanical test programmes, including tensile, hardness, fatigue, creep, and related performance assessments, and correlate results with build condition, post-processing route, and alloy chemistry.
• Evaluate surface quality and integrity of additively manufactured parts through roughness and topography inspection, and support the understanding of how surface condition influences performance and downstream processing requirements.
• Work closely with alloy development, AM process, post-processing, design, and quality teams to provide material data and recommendations that guide alloy down-selection, process optimisation, and qualification planning.
• Maintain clear and traceable experimental records, compile technical reports, and present findings to internal stakeholders in a structured and technically sound manner.

• BSc or MSc in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in metallic materials characterisation and testing, ideally within additive manufacturing, aerospace, propulsion, or another high-performance engineering environment.
• Good understanding of the metallurgy of engineering alloys such as nickel superalloys, titanium alloys, steels, and aluminium alloys.
• Hands-on experience with metallographic preparation and microstructural analysis.
• Experience with mechanical testing and interpretation of material behaviour, including at least some of tensile, hardness, fatigue, or creep testing.
• Ability to link processing history, microstructure, and properties in a structured and analytical way.

• Familiarity with additive manufacturing materials development, including AM-related defects, anisotropy, and post-processing effects.
• Exposure to the validation of computational alloy design outputs through experimental work.
• Experience using equipment such as SEM/EDS, EBSD, XRD, CT, Alicona or other surface metrology systems, or equivalent characterisation tools.
• Knowledge of statistical methods, design of experiments, or structured data analysis for materials/process studies.

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