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Amazon Lab126 · 5 days ago

Senior Advanced Materials Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$114K/yr - $214K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Conduct research and develop tests to identify, down select, develop, and derisk new soft-good materials, including fibers, yarn and fabrics, and bio-leathers.

Identify and propose novel material-centric customer experience enablers, methods to improve manufacturing quality, lower carbon footprint or reduce cost.

Be hands on with test development, testing and analysis of materials using a variety of characterization and analysis tools. Use statistical tools as needed to identify solutions and trends.

Communicate findings and proposed direction to key stakeholder, to build consensus along chosen path.

Demonstrate manufacturability of new materials by constructing schedule/ timeline and coordinate efforts with contract manufacturers, program teams, global supply chain management, and reliability engineering

Maintain updates on project status utilizing project management tools

Conduct competitive analysis to contribute to the establishment of benchmarks for new materials

Be a materials content expert in the hardware development process – define the materials requirements surrounding resins, textiles and metals.

Mentor and grow the technical strength of the organization along the materials domain.

Qualification

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Material analysisCharacterization toolsTextile manufacturingStatistical analysisEngineering problem-solvingProblem-solvingAnalyticalCommunicationMaterials innovationsMaterial scienceCollaborationPresentation

Required

Bachelors degree in materials science or related field.

5+ years of experience with solving materials challenges in industry.

Experience using empirical material analysis and characterization tools.

Experience in textile manufacturing processes.

Experience using statistical analysis to solve engineering and manufacturing issues

Preferred

MS or PhD degree in materials science or related field.

Experience in materials innovations leading to new products or enhanced functionality of existing products.

Expertise in material science including successful introduction of new materials into products.

Strong communication (written and verbal), collaboration, and presentation skills

Benefits

Equity

Sign-on payments

Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Amazon Lab126

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Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronic devices. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.

Founded in 2004

Sunnyvale, California, USA

1,001-5,000 employees