Amperesand
Materials and Process Engineer
$120K–$160K
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 5, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of industry materials processing experience; bonus qualification specifies an MS or PhD with 5+ years of industry materials processing experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Own materials selection, process development, qualification, and failure analysis for medium-voltage solid-state transformer products, scaling solutions toward production.
What you'll do
- Select materials and qualify processes for insulation, potting, coatings, and related applications.
- Define process parameters and characterize materials; lead root-cause and failure analysis.
- Work with design, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and vendors to improve and scale materials and processes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in materials processing in production-relevant settings.
- Hands-on expertise with polymers, resins, particles, coating formulations, and composites, including their curing, aging, and failure behavior.
- Strong materials characterization, experimental, process development, and cross-functional problem-solving capabilities.
Nice to have
- Experience developing dielectric materials and understanding partial discharge, dielectric breakdown, and electrical insulation materials.
- Exposure to medium-voltage power electronics or qualifying materials/processes for high-reliability products.
Pay
$120,000 — $160,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
dielectrics, polymers, resins, composites, coatings, potting, casting, thin film deposition
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