Materials Development Engineer/Senior Materials Development Engineer

Job title:

Materials Development Engineer/Senior Materials Development Engineer

Company

HRCentral

Job description

Materials Development EngineerLocation: London, W12Salary: £40,000 – £55,000 per annum (depending on experience)About Us:We’re a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers and software developers from diverse backgrounds brought together by a passion for creating advanced materials for our customers. We are now looking for a Materials Development Engineer or Senior Materials Development Engineer (full time) to join our growing team. The success applicant will assist in running our pilot lab line to develop, together with the team, our new protein-based fibres.Role responsibilities:

• Operate and optimize the pilot/lab line for evaluating protein spinnability
• Improvement of spinning process to increase fibre performance
• Planning, carrying out and analysing experiments
• Development of novel processes
• Supervision, development and improvement of measuring methods for process monitoring
• Carrying out relevant material testing
• Work closely and flexibly with our interdisciplinary team of materials scientists engineers, and synthetic biologists

Qualifications/Experience:

• BSc or higher (MSc or PhD) in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science or equivalent work experience.
• High levels of creativity and experience in planning experiments
• Experience in handling chemicals
• Good documentation practice
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Word, SharePoint and PowerPoint
• Experience with analysing data using the Python or other programming languages
• Nice to have: Experience working in characterising materials
• Nice to have: Experience working in fibre spinning processes
• Nice to have: a tinkerer mentality – you like to build and fix things on your own

We are open to candidates with varying levels of experience and qualification. The salary offered will depend on the individuals’ experience to date.We offer:

• Competitive salary
• Full time position
• Flexible working hours
• Generous pension contribution and benefits
• Regular team events
• Exciting and dynamic start-up environment in well-connected White City, London
• A commitment to equality and valuing diversity

Expected salary

£40000 – 55000 per year

Location

London

Job date

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:52:02 GMT

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