Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 24-MAG offers remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams. The Materials Scientist / Engineer will solve and review advanced materials-science problems, assess AI-generated technical responses, analyze real-world failure and material-selection scenarios, and provide rigorous feedback grounded in professional materials-engineering practice.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate advanced materials-selection problems
- Compare metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and related material systems
- Assess trade-offs involving mechanical, thermal, chemical, and processing requirements
- Apply practical engineering judgement to material-selection decisions
- Identify risks associated with inappropriate material choices
- Analyse real-world material failures
- Identify probable degradation or failure mechanisms
- Perform root-cause reasoning using available evidence
- Distinguish design, material, process, and service-related contributors
- Recommend technically defensible corrective actions
- Interpret microstructural features relevant to material performance
- Evaluate relationships between processing, structure, and properties
- Assess metallographic and related characterisation evidence
- Identify microstructural indicators associated with damage or failure
- Connect observed structure with expected engineering behaviour
- Review fracture surfaces and associated evidence
- Differentiate potential brittle, ductile, fatigue, or environmentally assisted failure mechanisms
- Evaluate whether observed damage supports proposed failure hypotheses
- Integrate fractographic findings with mechanical and process history
- Provide structured technical conclusions
- Analyse tensile, fatigue, hardness, and related mechanical-test results
- Evaluate thermal data where relevant
- Assess whether test methods and conclusions are technically appropriate
- Identify anomalous or inconsistent results
- Relate measured properties to design and service requirements
- Interpret data from characterisation techniques such as SEM, XRD, TEM, DSC, and TGA where relevant
- Evaluate whether selected techniques are appropriate for the question being investigated
- Cross-check characterisation findings against proposed material behaviour
- Identify limitations or uncertainty in experimental interpretations
- Support technically sound conclusions based on available evidence
- Apply thermodynamic and kinetic reasoning to materials problems
- Evaluate phase stability and transformation behaviour
- Analyse processing-related effects on structure and performance
- Review modelling assumptions for scientific validity
- Connect theoretical predictions with practical materials behaviour
- Evaluate materials-related process-development scenarios
- Review process variables affecting final material performance
- Assess qualification requirements and process consistency
- Identify risks associated with process changes
- Apply relevant industry standards where appropriate
- Review AI-generated materials-science and engineering responses
- Assess technical correctness, completeness, and scientific quality
- Identify weak reasoning, unsupported conclusions, or inaccurate interpretations
- Provide structured feedback to improve model performance
- Contribute high-quality materials expertise to AI evaluation workflows
- Document findings and technical reasoning clearly
- Provide precise written and verbal explanations
- Collaborate remotely with project leads and other domain experts
- Support development of scenario-based technical tasks and case studies
- Contribute to quality assurance across scientific deliverables
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Materials Science & Engineering, Metallurgy, or a related discipline
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience in materials selection, failure analysis, testing, or process development
- Strong knowledge of metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites
- Deep understanding of microstructure–property relationships
- Experience analysing degradation and failure mechanisms
- Proven ability to conduct root-cause failure analysis
- Familiarity with fractography and metallography
- Strong experience interpreting mechanical and thermal test data
- Knowledge of ASTM, ASM, ISO, or comparable materials standards
- Familiarity with process qualification requirements
- Manufacturing or process-development experience is highly valuable
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills
- Professional English proficiency
- Exceptional written and verbal technical communication skills
- Experience with technical literature review and scientific data interpretation
- No prior AI-training or model-evaluation experience is required
- Evidence of rigorous problem-authoring or technical-review experience is highly valued, including standards-committee work, examination item writing, textbook authorship, competition leadership, technical awards, publications, fellowships, grants, or comparable achievements
- Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering backgrounds with a strong materials specialisation may also be relevant
- Experience with SEM, XRD, TEM, DSC/TGA, or related characterisation equipment is advantageous
Benefits
- Fully remote
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