# Mechanical Engineer – R&D

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. Alcoa is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support the development and commercialization of innovative technologies at the Alcoa Technical Center (ATC) in New Kensington, PA. This role combines mechanical design, equipment development, troubleshooting, and project execution within a fast-paced research and development environment. The successful candidate will collaborate with engineers, scientists, technicians, and operations partners to drive technical innovation, improve equipment performance, and deliver practical engineering solutions that support strategic business objectives. Serve as a technical advisor for programs and projects, providing guidance while collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives. Support the development, evaluation, and implementation of solutions that improve product performance, reliability, safety, and cost-effectiveness while reducing complexity and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. Support multiple capi

- **Id**: 56354
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/alcoa-mechanical-engineer-rd>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: middle
- **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**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-13T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T01:50:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 87
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5777
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Parental leave
- **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

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 77000
- **Max usd**: 143000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 2884

## Technologies

- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 3
- **Flags**: repost
- **Days open**: 86

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-08-13T00:00:00Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-08-19T22:04:59Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-05T16:45:18Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-24T06:07:07Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-25T17:07:43Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-10T21:55:56Z
- Event: reopen; 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**: 5
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.186
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 86
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:3, repost:3, velocity, ghost, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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