Talascend is currently seeking a Research & Development Engineer for a direct hire opportunity with our client located in Calvert, AL. Office and Industrial setting at a production site with one day a week work from home. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Innovations and product extensions related to automotive applications, to energy transport and energy transition, and to general industrial applications.
- Regularly lead industrial product implementation for steel innovations new to company following the commercialization stage gating and/or trial process.
- Lead, when being assigned, product extension, or internal manufacturing cost improvement initiatives or combinations of both.
- Plan mill trials in a cost efficient and resourceful manner.
- Lead the execution of mill trials.
- Finalize implementation or extension projects by documenting trial results and customer feedback.
- Connect with global R&D and marketing entities for input and cooperation.
- Identify where global R&D lab studies can add to and expedite the industrialization.
- Integrate operations, technology, and quality entities in all process steps at facility for early optimization, learning and automatization of new products' manufacturing.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- The ideal candidate will provide new product commercialization support through expertise and analytical and communication skills within the highly automated production chains.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering; materials, metallurgical or mechanical focus preferred.
- Well-rounded engineering knowledge in all steel industry relevant disciplines.
- Proficient to intermediate experience or academic knowledge in at least one step of iron and steel processing like either melt shop and casting, hot rolling, cold rolling, annealing, and coating.
- Basic experience or knowledge in welding and forming technology.
- Proficiency in data analytics and root cause analyses.
- Familiar with Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Excel, Teams, Word, PowerPoint).
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters or PhD in ferrous metallurgy or material science or mechanical engineering.
- Understanding of steel as a material for applications in the automotive and other industries.
- Proficient to intermediate experience in mechanical testing.
- Knowledgeable in data extraction and use of relational data basis (data mining) and statistical data analyses.
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary. Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.