{"id":2275222,"url":"https://alion.io/job/morgan-advanced-materials-materials-scientist","title":"Materials Scientist","company":{"id":2842003,"name":"Morgan Advanced Materials","domain":"morganadvancedmaterials.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/morganadvancedmaterials","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":null},"role":"Science & Research","role_family":"Science & Research","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Stourport-on-Severn, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":44000,"max_usd":78000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":115},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Python","optional":true},{"name":"Ray","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-11T09:02:05Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-11","last_verified_at":"2026-10-13T05:03:42Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Overview\nMaterials Scientist\nCompany: Morgan Advanced Materials\nFacility: Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, UK\nRole Profile: Materials Scientist\nReports To: Leader - Centre of Excellence\nMorgan Advanced Materials is a world leader in advanced materials development and production. We produce a wide range of specialist, high specification materials that have extraordinary attributes and properties. Despite the complexity of our technologies, our focus is simple - we supply innovative, differentiated products made from advanced materials which enable our customers’ products to perform more efficiently, more reliably and for longer.\nMaterial science is pivotal to our Company’s success as it is a key constituent to developing our distinctive competencies that differentiate our business from the competition.\nThe Structural Ceramics Centre of Excellence has been established to better serve our global customers by developing new, differentiated materials technologies for structural ceramics applications. The Centre of Excellence will take the lead in innovating new formulations and processes, serve as a hub for academic collaboration on structural ceramics with key university faculties worldwide, and act as a focal point for R&D with raw material suppliers. It will allow Morgan to focus on both idea generation and execution in one integrated facility, with the ultimate aim of maximising the performance of our customers’ applications and processes.\nThis role will support our development activities across the COE and have a direct impact into our manufacturing sites. The role will involve a combination of experimental materials development, characterization, process optimization, and the application of modelling and simulation tools where appropriate. This covers a broad range of Morgan’s products and processes and hence a candidate is sought with a solid grounding in ceramic engineering.\nPrincipal Objectives\nProvide the key materials science expertise into development programmes to enhance material, process, or product performance.\nApply modelling and simulation tools, where appropriate, to support R&D, to enhance understanding of material behaviour and ceramic processing, to contribute to product development, and process optimisation initiatives.\nSupport the definition and planning of technology development programmes to achieve success.\nTo design, organise and carry out material development, production and processing trials at laboratory, pilot and production scales.\nTo assess, analyse and interpret development results, adapting and iterating project activities to achieve the desired outcomes within an optimised timescale.\nEnsure high standards of operational management including measurement control and data recording. Where necessary to develop new or improved development or testing methods.\nTo apply existing knowledge of materials and processes so as to maximise benefits to the business through increased sales revenue and lower operating costs.\nTo develop quicker and more efficient routes and processes for materials development\nTo identify, quantify and communicate improvement opportunities relating to materials science and manufacture.\nBuilding links with technology contacts both within and external to the Morgan portfolio.\nSupport and enhance the company’s commitment to the highest standards of Health and Safety and ensure all policies are adhered to during daily working.\nInvestigate and resolve technical issues that may arise in the manufacturing process or products.\nRequirements\nEducated to degree level or higher in Materials Science, Engineering or a closely related scientific field. A PhD degree or equivalent is desirable.\nCandidates with proven experience and expertise with ceramic processing is desirable.\nPractical experience in a lab-based environment and characterising materials, e.g. mechanical & electrical properties, X-Ray diffraction and imaging techniques\nExperience in design of experiments is advantageous.\nCan understand and analyse complex data. Is able to spot flaws and trends and work around these.\nExperience with programming languages such as Python is desirable. \nExperience with materials modelling, ceramic systems modelling, or related simulation techniques using modelling tools like ANSYS and/or Abaqus would be advantageous.\nAbility to self-manage and work well in a fast-paced collaborative team environment\nAbility to plan work according to business need and technical strategy\nAble to communicate with different departments, customers, suppliers, and service providers as required\nAble to apply scientific reasoning to complex industrial situations\nAble to locate & exploit relevant technology from other industries\nAttributes\nWilling to offer a ‘hands on’ approach \nWilling to travel nationally and internationally \nCommitted to working safely and adhering to established safe working practices.\nBe a self- motivated and proactive individual\nWork effectively with people beyond their educational / age / background peer group\nBe able to work as part of a team\nBe able to communicate effectively with people at all levels\nPursue continuous improvement, both in the workplace and in their own skills & knowledge\nBe customer and supplier facing\nEncourage and develop others to achieve personal and team objectives\nDue to export control regulations applicable to this role, only candidates who meet the relevant export control eligibility requirements can be considered. Eligibility will be assessed during the recruitment process.\nMorgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries. Our model to serve our customers where they need us has led to a diversified product range using our unparalleled expertise in ceramic and carbon materials, which we exploit to solve difficult problems for our customers across a diverse range of markets.\nWe are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life. We deliver on that purpose through the products that we make, and the way that we make them.\nThe Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials engineers high performance functional and structural ceramic materials, components and sub-assemblies to address customer-specific technical challenges.\nKey Figures: Revenue £1,100.7m (2024), ~8,000 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.\nResponsibilities\n(Please ensure the font you copy/paste is changed to Arial 10pt)\nQualifications\nMorgan Advanced Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. 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