Metallurgical Process Engineer
Core
Develop high-temperature investment casting processes for aerospace and space applications by applying solidification physics to control microstructure, shrinkage, and defects.
Role type
Senior IC metallurgical process engineer
Builds
High-performance investment castings for aerospace/space hardware
Domain
Aerospace manufacturing / Metallurgy / Solidification physics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
solidification physics, heat transfer, fluid flow, thermodynamics, phase transformations, grain structure analysis, root-cause failure analysis, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), hands-on hardware operation
Preferred skills
thermal/solidification simulation tools (ProCAST, MAGMASOFT, Flow-3D), directionally solidified (DS) and single-crystal (SCX) solidification experience
Technologies
ProCAST, MAGMASOFT, Flow-3D
Responsibilities
Own solidification behavior relating thermal history to microstructural outcomes; Predict and control shrinkage, feeding, and porosity; Inform design of new foundry hardware and processes; Design solidification strategies to manage grain structure and defects; Collaborate on in-house thermal/solidification simulations; Transition processes from development to stable production
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
