An exciting opportunity for an early-career Product Development Engineer to support the development and commercialization of advanced materials and metal finishing technologies. This hands-on role offers the chance to lead experiments, optimize manufacturing processes, collaborate with customers, and contribute directly to innovative product solutions.
Client Details
Our client is an innovative materials technology company based in the Greater Boston area, focused on developing advanced metallic materials and surface engineering solutions. Leveraging breakthrough scientific research and a strong culture of innovation, the organization partners with customers to bring high-performance technologies from the laboratory into real-world commercial applications.
The company offers a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment where employees have meaningful influence on product development, process improvement, and business growth. Team members work closely across engineering, research, manufacturing, and customer-facing functions, providing excellent opportunities for technical development and career progression within a growing technology-driven business.
Description
- Develop and improve metal finishing, coating, and materials processing technologies.
- Formulate, analyze, operate, and maintain chemical processes and laboratory systems.
- Establish process controls, operating parameters, and performance metrics to ensure consistent product quality.
- Design, execute, analyze, and document experimental programs to support product development initiatives.
- Troubleshoot technical challenges and support process scale-up from development to production environments.
- Develop testing methodologies and conduct materials characterization and performance evaluations.
- Support customer qualification activities, sampling programs, and technical problem-solving efforts.
- Operate and maintain laboratory and process equipment while adhering to safety and quality standards.
- Investigate material performance issues and conduct failure analysis activities.
- Create technical documentation and transfer knowledge to internal teams and external stakeholders.
Profile
A successful Product Development Engineer should have:
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
- Approximately 2+ years of laboratory, product development, process engineering, or materials-focused experience.
- Hands-on experience with wet chemistry processes and strong understanding of laboratory safety practices.
- Ability to plan, execute, and interpret experimental work while drawing meaningful technical conclusions.
- Experience with materials characterization and analytical techniques such as SEM/EDS, XRF, hardness testing, durability testing, environmental testing, or similar methods.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create clear technical documentation.
- Comfortable working independently while also collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Job Offer
- Permanent Product Development Engineer position.
- Opportunity to work with advanced materials and emerging technologies at the forefront of product innovation.
- Hands-on involvement across the full product development lifecycle, from experimentation through commercialization.
- Exposure to process development, manufacturing scale-up, testing, customer interaction, and technical problem solving.
- Collaborative environment where engineers and scientists can make a visible impact on technology development and company growth.
- Opportunity to expand technical expertise in materials science, chemistry, process engineering, and advanced manufacturing applications.
- Career development potential within a growing, innovation-focused organization.
- Occasional customer-facing and commercialization activities that provide broader business exposure beyond the laboratory environment.
- Salary of $85,000 to $100,000.
- 401K benefits.
Interested? Apply today!
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