Ascend Performance Materials
Chemical Manufacturing · Plastics & Polymers
Truth index ASponsors visas
29Open roles12 posted in 30 days+4 this week
45 daysTime to fillmedian of 28 closed rolesmarket: 37 days
A 88/100Truth index
Facts
as of Nov 15, 2026Ascend Performance Materials is an American chemicals and plastics producer and the largest fully integrated maker of polyamide 66 (nylon 6,6). It makes chemicals, fibers and engineered plastics for vehicles, energy, medical devices and appliances at plants in North America, Europe and Asia. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States.
It is hiring: 29 open roles, 12 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Headquarters
- Houston, United States
- Founded
- 2011
- Open roles
- 29 in 7 citiesAlion job postings
- Official records
- Wikidata Q130296807
- Website
- ascendmaterials.com
As of Nov 15, 2026, Alion lists 29 open roles at Ascend Performance Materials. Ascend Performance Materials is headquartered in Houston, United States. It was founded in 2011.
Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake
What the registers and the postings say about this employer.
Postings are real
Alion truth index: A
88/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Full employer checkScam signs in adverts, mail records, visa registers, domain history
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices
Hiring
All open roles →Hiring at full speed: most open roles are fresh.
Field & Service is the largest family, 27 of open roles.
12Posted in 30 days41% of open roles are fresh
0%Remote roles0 of 29
2Roles in AI7% of open roles
7Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
43 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
No posting offers visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 0.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Alion signals0-100
Demand70
Pay5
Your chance53
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 32 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
A
88 / 100Ascend Performance Materials scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 10 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 50% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 45 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale50%
Reposted0%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 63%High School Diploma 21%Master's Degree 16%
Experience asked: 5.8 years on average, in 24 postings. 19 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Contract type
Full-Time 14Internship 1
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
Visa
Full chapter →Named in the work visa registers of United States.
United StatesUS 1
#5,755 of 8,998 sponsors
1H-1B filings in 12 months
3Green card filings
$118kMedian offered salary
Who they sponsor
The salary offered for each occupationVisa pass · 90 credits In the register as Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC, Houston, TX (+3 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
See 20 open roles Alert me
US Department of Labor · latest filing Feb 19, 2026
Footprint
Hiring in 7 cities in 3 countries.
7Cities
3Countries
PensacolaBusiest site
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| Site | Type | Open roles | Hires most for | Engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston United States | Headquarters | 4 | Administrative, Operations, Field & Service | 0% |
| Pensacola United States | Plant / site | 9 | Customer Success, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering | 0% |
| Chennai India | Plant / site | 8 | Operations, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering | 25% |
| Alvin United States | Plant / site | 5 | Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Solutions | 20% |
| Decatur United States | Plant / site | 2 | Administrative, Industrial Engineering | 0% |
| Foley United States | Regional office | 1 | Field & Service | 0% |
| Shanghai China | Regional office | 1 | Industrial Engineering | 0% |
| San Jose United States | Regional office | 0 |
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Peers
Compare →Ranked #9 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.
| # | Company | HQ | Open roles | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avient | Avon Lake, United States | 160 | 5000+ | |
| 2 | Dow Inc. | Midland, United States | 155 | 5000+ | |
| 3 | LyondellBasell | Houston, United States | 136 | 5000+ | |
| 4 | Syensqo | Brussels, Belgium | 127 | 5000+ | |
| 5 | Covestro | Leverkusen, Germany | 121 | 5000+ | |
| 6 | Huntsman | The Woodlands, United States | 99 | 5000+ | |
| 7 | Celanese | Irving, United States | 66 | 5000+ | |
| 8 | Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. | Baton Rouge, United States | 55 | 1001-5000 | |
| 9 | Ascend Performance Materials | Houston, United States | 29 |
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)
Tech stack
Full chapter →Technologies named in job postings at Ascend Performance Materials over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
26Technologies in use
14Postings analysed
68/100Stack modernity
Frameworks & librariesASP.NET Core 7%ML.NET 7%
Cloud & platformsWindows 21%Active Directory 7%Azure 7%Azure DevOps 7%
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Full Ascend Performance Materials tech stack26 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
Milestones
Aug 14
First role in India CAE Engineer- Structural
2011
Founded
Each milestone is dated by its source: registers, filings, the press
Newsroom
Oct 32026
News · KunststoffWeb
Als nach eigenen Angaben größter vollintegrierter Hersteller von Polyamid 6.6 weitet Ascend Performance Materials sein Portfolio auch auf langkettige Polyamide aus. Das Unternehm…
Feb 32026
News · thefacts.com
Dec 10, 20252025
News · YahooFinance
Ascend Performance Materials, a leading producer of high-performance and durable engineered materials for everyday essentials and new technologies, announced today the United Sta…
Apr 21, 20252025
News · YahooFinance
Ascend Performance Materials ("Ascend" or the "Company"), a leading producer of high-performance and durable engineered materials for everyday essentials and new technologies, an…
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once