Benefits:

Health insurance Opportunity for advancement Paid time off Relocation bonus Vision insurance 401(k) matching Dental insurance PZT /

Ceramic Materials Engineer Location:

Bellefonte, PA (on-site) |

Type:

[Direct hire, full-time] About the Opportunity A market-leading manufacturer of specialty piezoelectric ceramics — in business since 1979, serving defense, medical, automotive, and commercial markets — is adding a materials engineer to support its textured ceramic program and PZT production. This is a hands-on role in a vertically integrated facility where you own work from powder through finished device, with exposure to advanced piezoceramic development alongside a nearby university research lab. What You'll Do Support development and scale-up of the textured ceramic program, bridging lab-scale process work into production Provide day-to-day materials and process engineering support to PZT production: powder processing, milling, calcination, forming, and sintering Troubleshoot process and yield issues on the floor; drive root-cause analysis and corrective action Characterize materials and finished devices using SEM/ESEM, EDS, and complementary techniques; interpret and report results Support post-sinter operations including electroding and poling, and evaluate dielectric and piezoelectric properties against spec Develop, document, and maintain SOPs, process parameters, and work instructions in an

ISO 9001

2015 environment Partner with production, quality, and engineering on new product introduction and customer-specific formulations [Contribute to customer- and government-funded development programs, including technical documentation and data reporting] What You Need BS in Materials Science & Engineering, Ceramic Engineering/Science, or a closely related field (Ceramics, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Solid State/Applied Physics, Chemistry with solid-state emphasis) 3+ years of relevant experience; strong internship, co-op, or undergraduate research in ceramics processing will be considered in place of full-time experience Hands-on experience with ceramic powder processing — milling, slurry preparation, casting or pressing, binder burnout, sintering Familiarity with piezoelectric materials (PZT, PMN-PT, PMN-PZ-PT, barium titanate) strongly preferred Working knowledge of materials characterization: SEM/ESEM, EDS, XRD, particle size analysis Comfortable in a hands-on production environment with lab and hazard safety awareness Clear technical writing and documentation skills Nice to Have Experience with textured or templated grain growth ceramics Tape casting and thin-film ceramic fabrication Dielectric and piezoelectric property measurement (d33, impedance analysis, poling) Statistical analysis, DOE, Six Sigma or Lean exposure MATLAB, SolidWorks, or computational materials modeling