Hybrid Senior Materials Science Engineer

at Kennametal

• Job title: Senior Materials Science Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Latrobe, United States

About the role

• Senior Materials Science Engineer at Kennametal focusing on R&D projects and market growth in metal cutting tools. Leading collaborations with teams across marketing and manufacturing for optimizing product development.

Responsibilities

• Lead Grade Development projects with some supervision following Kennametal’s stage gate process.
• Substantially plan and execute global R&D projects as a Project Leader or Team Member.
• Interact with Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, and Customers on a global basis to grow Kennametal’s market share in metal cutting tools.
• Provide ideas for optimizing the materials portfolio on request.
• Substantially prepare and evaluate experimental materials through metal cutting and analytical materials testing.
• Summarize results and conclude findings to present to the technical project team.
• Substantially manage scale-up products into manufacturing and assist with commercial launch of the product collaborating and guiding manufacturing and marketing teams.
• Grow understanding of material characteristics and properties important for various metal cutting applications and support sales and customers jointly with application and/or product guidance.
• Visit key customers to evaluate their machining needs and field test newly developed products.
• Support optimization of cutting tool materials portfolio through product lifecycle management.

Requirements

• BS or Masters degree (preferred) in Materials Science, Engineering or related field.
• Strong communication and project leadership skills.
• Prefer experience in cemented carbides, PCD/PcBN based superhard materials, or PVD/CVD coatings.
• Basic understanding of metal cutting applications (e.g. turning, milling, drilling) and tool wear mechanisms are a plus.
• Familiarity with cutting tool design, cutting tool manufacturing, or materials analysis techniques can be instrumental.
• All applicants must have strong communication and project leadership skills, be well versed in PC software applications, and exhibit excellent oral and written technical communication skills.