Senior Technologist

Position Description:

• The Senior Glass Technologist will be responsible for understanding viscoelasticity-related stress and structural relaxation phenomena in through glass via sintering or other elevated process conditions.
• Expectation of developing models and analytical tools to gain fundamental understanding of underlying principles and propose new processes or applications.
• Candidate must have a strong foundation in solid mechanics and a high level of expertise in numerical modeling.
• This position requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working with globally distributed researchers, engineers in our commercial organizations, and customers.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

• Strong knowledge in area of constitutive material models, viscoelastic material behavior, stress relaxation, and structural relaxation.
• Strong knowledge in fundamentals of mechanics, linear and non-linear material model.
• Experience with equipment and materials testing, mechanical material property characterization.
• Analyze problems and reduce them to mathematical models, carrying out experiments to validate models, deriving numerical and technological solutions and making recommendations.
• Applying viscoelastic fundamental theories to understand the stress relaxation and structural relaxation material behavior during glass forming/reforming processes.
• Utilizing commercial modeling and simulation software for process/product development, design improvement, and manufacturing processes optimization.
• Work with glass scientists and process engineers to help improve understanding in material behavior and test methods for material property characterization.
• Work with development engineer and process engineers to help with addressing practical engineering problems.
• Writing technical reports, invention disclosures, & publications.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Ability to apply fundamental theories in real engineering problem solving.
• Industry or R&D manufacturing experience.
• Knowledgeable about various materials test techniques.

“The responsibilities as defined are intended to serve as a general guideline for this position. Associates may be asked to perform additional tasks depending on strengths and capabilities.”

Required Skills:

• Ability to be flexible to work in a team environment or independently.
• Ability to work with small to medium sized cross-functional technical teams.
• Ability to undertake multi-projects.
• Technically curious; results oriented.
• Works well with people.
• Ability to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliance requirements.

Required Education:

• B.S. or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Materials, Physics, or related discipline
• 5+ yrs. of work experience in similar field preferred