# Materials Engineering Associate - OCU - Technical - 3rd Shift

We are looking for a talented Materials Engineering Associate to join our team specializing in Engineering for our Cummins Inc. facility in Columbus, IN. In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: Plans and schedules testing on specialized analytical equipment. Provides technical expertise and support for specialized analytical equipment. Prepares specimens and performs analysis of typical Cummins parts; provides written results in a technical report format. Performs routine and non-routine analysis and data acquisition using specialized analytical equipment, which may include scanning electron microscope and associated dispersive x-ray spectrometers, ultrasound scanning technologies, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, wear testers, x-ray diffractometer (residual stress, retained austenite, phase analysis), gas chromatograph, ion chromatograph, inductively coupled plasma spectrometer, thermal gravimetric analyzer, differential scanning calorimeter, mass spectrometer, x-ray spectrometer, ultra sound analyzers, optical imaging equipment, tensile/compression testers, hardness testers, gas flow reactors, spark emission spectrometer, viscometer, rheometer, eddy

- **Id**: 3938857
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cummins-materials-engineering-associate-ocu-technical-3rd-shift>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Columbus, 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**: 2026-11-03T15:12:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T18:25:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6472
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning, Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Machinery, Automotive Components

## Company

- **Id**: 1758413
- **Name**: Cummins
- **Domain**: cummins.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cummins-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 101
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.713
- **Repost share**: 0.03
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Chromatography** — Optional: no
- **Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM)** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: high_school
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-08T11:25:16Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 847 · green card filings: 196; Filings 12m: 847

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 6
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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