Materials & Process Engineer
About the company
Foundation Alloy is building the most advanced metal parts supplier in the world. Our mission is to enable innovation in the physical world, and unlock safer, greener and more exciting generations of products across critical industries like space, aerospace, automotive, energy and defense. Leveraging materials technology from MIT and UC Irvine, alongside advanced manufacturing and automation, we can make parts that blow through the performance plateaus of legacy materials and processes while reducing lead times by 90%, energy usage by 50%, and costs.
Culture
We don’t look for profiles that “fit” with our culture. We look for people that add to who we are - people with the initiative, positive approach to problem solving, and passion for something (anything!) that will make them both high impact and exciting to work alongside from day one. We know that these people come from all walks of life, with all backgrounds and levels of experience. If you’re excited about the work we can do together, please reach out. We enthusiastically welcome team members of all races, colors, religions, ages, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities, national origins, different abilities, genetics, veteran statuses, and former incarceration statuses.
Compensation and Benefits
The success of this company will be grounded in the long-term productivity of our team. To provide everyone with the physical, mental and financial safety to operate at their long-term best, we provide the following:
- Meaningful, challenging, impactful work, and opportunities to grow within the company at all levels
- Competitive salary, guaranteed to rise with inflation at a minimum each year
- Equity - People at every level will have an impact, and should benefit from their work
- Unlimited paid vacation, with a very strong expectation that employees take a minimum of 15 days off per year, and a full week off at least once per year
- Flexible working style. Most jobs will require people to be present in person or in office most of the time, but in general we care about what’s getting done, not when or where you’re doing it
- Top tier health, dental and vision insurance with limited employee contributions
- A voice in future benefits. This is the beginning, and we will work together to keep adding new, better ways to provide for everyone in the company
What you'll be working on:
- Operate material manufacturing and additive manufacturing equipment; be a contributor to the production of new alloys and novel components
- Establish and iterate through design of experiments to better understand manufacturing variables and the effects on our final materials and components
- Integrate novel in-situ data recording to diagnose and control process variables
- Complete dynamic testing of powdered material and communicate testing status to various stakeholders across the company
- Be an owner and contributor of process related improvements, tasks, and results
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with two to three years of powder metallurgy experience
- Master’s degree with one to two years of powder metallurgy experience
- Two or more years of experience working hands-on with powder processing equipment and furnaces
- Two or more years of experience with additive manufacturing technologies
- Binder Jetting additive manufacturing is a plus
- Proven ability to iterate quickly, work independently and reason outside your experience
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
- Must be able to lift 25 lbs
- Must be able to wear appropriate respiratory PPE