Materials and Process Innovation Engineer
Core
Develop, optimize, and scale fabrication processes for advanced soft materials, polymers, elastomers, composites, textiles, coatings, and multilayer systems to enable next-generation humanoid robots.
Role type
Materials and Process Innovation Engineer
Builds
Robust, scalable manufacturing workflows for humanoid robot components
Domain
Robotics manufacturing / Advanced materials engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Materials processing and manufacturing science, Experimental process optimization, Cross-functional collaboration, First-principles problem solving, Data-driven validation, Manufacturing scale-up
Preferred skills
Additive manufacturing and soft-material 3D printing, Technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing, Correlation of microstructure to functional performance, Roll-to-roll and continuous processing methods
Technologies
Casting, coating, lamination, calendaring, embossing, fiber processing, molding, thermoforming, photolithography, microfabrication
Responsibilities
Develop scalable manufacturing processes for advanced material systems, Transition material technologies from lab concepts to production-ready workflows, Improve process consistency and yield through data-driven optimization, Establish relationships between material composition and functional performance, Identify manufacturing technologies for scalable production of soft materials, Support technology transfer from R&D environments into manufacturing operations
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC