Materials & Process Engineer
$129,150–$193,620 year
On-siteKent, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Lead strategy, testing, and qualification efforts for Stoke's material systems across engines, structures, mechanisms, coatings, and adhesives. Trade, evaluate, and select materials for hardware systems while designing characterization programs to generate original properties data. Author requirements, specifications, and testing protocols; lead failure analysis investigations to establish corrective actions. Manage suppliers, define qualification philosophies, and build a robust system-level material property database. Own the materials characterization lab, protocols, and development workflows. Collaborate with design, analysis, and manufacturing teams through all product lifecycle phases.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in materials science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, aerospace engineering, or a related technical discipline
- 3+ years of professional experience in materials engineering
- demonstrated expertise in material selection, characterization, qualification, testing, and failure analysis
- Background working across multiple material systems & processes - metals, soft goods, coatings, powder metallurgy, welding, and heat treatment
- Proficiency with material characterization techniques and tools - metallography, microscopy, mechanical testing
- Demonstrated track record of material and process decisions that have been validated through flight or equivalent high-reliability hardware programs
- U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree or PhD in materials science, chemical engineering, or a related field
- Experience architecting M&P programs for rocket systems across the full development lifecycle — requirements definition, trade studies, development testing, and qualification
- Familiarity with ASTM, NASA, AWS industry standards
- Expertise in key M&P disciplines including fracture mechanics, corrosion control, statistics, and failure analysis
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