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Materials and Process Innovation Engineer

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Job Summary

Develop, optimize, and scale fabrication processes for soft materials and multilayer systems that enable next-generation humanoid robots. You’ll transition promising lab material innovations into consistent, reliable, and economical production workflows, improving yield, throughput, and quality through data-driven validation. Partner across chemists, materials scientists, mechanical engineers, designers, and manufacturing to connect material composition, processing, microstructure, and functional performance.

Location: United States

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Communications, PR & Community

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Develop, optimize, and scale fabrication processes for advanced soft materials and multilayer systems used in humanoid robots.
•Transition material technologies from lab concepts to production-ready manufacturing workflows.
•Improve process consistency, yield, throughput, and product quality through data-driven optimization and validation.
•Establish relationships between material composition, processing conditions, microstructure, and functional performance.
•Identify and implement manufacturing technologies that enable scalable production of next-generation soft and functional materials.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 142,600 - 243,100 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid LeaveParental Leave401kRemote WorkHsaFsaLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceEmployee AssistanceCommuter BenefitsEap

Key Requirements

•MSc or PhD in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
•2+ years of industry or postdoctoral experience in materials processing, fabrication, or manufacturing technologies.
•Hands-on experience with polymers, elastomers, composites, textiles, coatings, or multilayer material systems.
•Experience with fabrication techniques such as casting, coating, lamination, calendaring, embossing, fiber processing, molding, or thermoforming.
•Strong understanding of material characterization, process validation, and manufacturing scale-up.

Experience:2+ years

Education:Master's in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field

Skills:Experimental mindsetCross-functional collaborationFirst-principles problem solvingPractical executionData-driven optimization

Tech Stack:PolymersElastomersCompositesTextilesCoatingsMultilayer systemsCastingCoatingLaminationCalendaringEmbossingFiber processingMoldingThermoformingAdditive manufacturingSoft-material 3D printingPhotolithographyMicrofabricationRoll-to-roll manufacturingPrecision coating systems

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