# Materials Engineer

Shape Your World At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper. We are seeking a Materials Engineer to develop, evaluate, select, and implement refractory and ceramic materials for aluminum electrolysis cells and related high-temperature process equipment. The engineer will lead R&D activities aimed at improving refractory performance, cell reliability, thermal efficiency, service life, and resistance to chemical and mechanical degradation. This role combines materials science fundamentals with hands-on laboratory, pilot-scale, and industrial work. The engineer will develop a fundamental understanding of refractory degradation mechanisms and translate that knowledge into practical material selections, specifications, test methods, and cell-design improvements. About the Role: As a Materials Engineer, you will: Initiates and leads R&D projects, defines objectives and work plan, and conducts research that advances scientific knowledge for the improvement of breakthrough materials in advanced smelting processes Applies detailed knowledge of

- **Id**: 3764701
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/alcoa-materials-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New Kensington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T19:39:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T02:17:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4949
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Mining, Metals & Metallurgy, Non-ferrous Metals

## Company

- **Id**: 4293
- **Name**: Alcoa
- **Domain**: alcoa.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/alcoa>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 92
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0.063
- **Stale share**: 0.313
- **Repost share**: 0.125
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T19:39:59Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 7 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 7

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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