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Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.\nResponsibilities & Qualifications\nThe Novelis Kennesaw Joining and Forming Team is seeking an Engineer. The incumbent will work closely with Engineers, Scientists, Technicians and Technologists to develop customer-focused technologies and sheet aluminum joining expertise, with a primary focus in automotive applications. The incumbent will be a member of the Applications Community within the Novelis R&T organization, will also work closely with colleagues in the Metallurgy, Surfaces and Corrosion teams to solve challenging problems across all Novelis value streams (Can, Automotive, Aerospace, and Specialties) and develop a deeper core knowledge.\nThis role requires extensive project management skills and design knowledge of sheet aluminum across these value streams. Hands-on experience with a wide range of joining technologies is essential, including Resistance Spot Welding, Self-piercing riveting, laser welding, GMAW, and other types of Mechanical Joining. Candidates are sought who have demonstrated ability to identify gaps; develop, propose, and manage projects; and execute within a team environment. Opportunities exist to employ current innovative testing capabilities, propose new equipment, and to develop tailored equipment. Additionally, opportunities exist to manage projects, collaborate with external customers and partners, travel to Global Novelis sites, and disseminate findings in peer-reviewed journals and at international conferences.\nResponsibilities\nLead Science and Engineering advances in Joining to innovate new ideas in the application.\nLead large internal and external customer-focused projects from concept to completion to enable increased customer use of aluminum. Ensure projects are well planned, appropriately resourced, correctly prioritized and timely delivered.\nProvide technical sharing and knowledge dissemination in Joining\nTake a key role in solving customer aluminum joining issues including mixed material joining and identifying their potential knowledge gaps\nLeverage data and techniques developed within Novelis to inform customer design constraints and experimental trial scenarios\nProvide technical competency in aluminum joining\nWrite Technical reports and invention records in the course of research and support patent filing to strengthen Novelis IP position and protection.\nAdhere to and support company quality, environmental, health & safety, and certification standards, including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, IATF 16949:2016, and ASI Certifications, where applicable.\nMinimum Qualifications\nB.S. in Mechanical, Materials/Metallurgical or Welding Engineering with 3-5 years’ work experience or M.S./Ph. 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Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.\nWhat We Offer\nNovelis' benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, driven by the marketplace, and affordable. In addition to core benefits, we provide these unique to the industry benefits:\nFamily Growth Programs: Paid parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Treatment, Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support\nEmployee Assistance Programs: free resources available 24/7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health, family life, and career and financial guidance\nWellness Programs: incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending account, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs and more.\nDiabetes Management Program\nPet insurance\nIdentity Theft Protection\nPerkSpot Discount Program\nTuition assistance and career development programs\nLocation Profile\nNovelis’ Global Research and Technology Center located in Kennesaw Georgia within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area is a cutting-edge full-service research and technology hub that employs approximately 200 people including world-class engineers metallurgists chemists scientists technologists and technicians. The facility includes state-of-the-art lab equipment and a diverse mix of product pilot lines that bring innovative solutions to customers in the automotive beverage can and specialty markets. Kennesaw provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural opportunities and educational institutions. Novelis is committed to the Kennesaw community and supports a number of local charitable organizations including Habitat for Humanity as well as FIRST Robotics aimed at encouraging young people to pursue the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in order to spur the next generation of scientists and innovators.\nNovelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.\nDisclaimer\nWe encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information:1. Check the job posting is live and valid via our careers page: Careers - Novelis2. 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