Vulcan Elements
Materials Characterization Engineer
Research Triangle Park, NC +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- Research Triangle Park, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States - Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- B.S. or higher in materials science, materials engineering, metallurgy, chemistry, chemical engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
About the job
Provides hands-on materials analysis and characterization to support rare-earth permanent magnet R&D, production, process development, and product qualification.
What you'll do
- Define characterization plans and perform or guide testing, investigations, and analysis.
- Develop, validate, and transfer test methods; establish calibration and quality-control practices.
- Review technical work, communicate findings, and support safe laboratory practices, audits, and corrective actions.
What they ask for
- B.S. or higher in a listed technical discipline or a closely related field.
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience in characterization, metallurgical analysis, analytical chemistry, or materials and processes engineering.
- Experience leading investigations, developing and validating test methods, assessing measurement quality, and transferring methods into routine use.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
Nice to have
- Experience with rare-earth alloys, permanent magnets, powder metallurgy, sintering, or air-sensitive metal powders.
- Familiarity with ASTM methods, statistical experimental design, measurement systems analysis, and AS9100 or ISO/IEC 17025 quality systems.
Tools
optical microscopy, SEM/EDS, ICP-OES, XRD, DSC, LECO/ELTRA analyzers, ASTM methods, AS9100
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