Senior Materials Engineer, Polymer Additive Manufacturing

Elastium is an advanced manufacturing startup company transforming the legacy footwear industry toward rapid, fully automated, and localized production. We're looking for a Senior Materials Engineer to own the actual atoms to be programmed in our manufacturing platform.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Materials Science, Polymer Chemistry, Plastics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
• Strong background in plastics/polymer processing, experience developing new plastic formulations or processes
• Deep understanding of physics governing in-process and post-process polymer behavior: thermodynamics, mechanics of extrusion/deposition, polymer rheology, crystallization/viscoelasticity, etc.
• Familiarity with mechanical testing, data-driven process development and statistical process control
• Experience with polymer additive manufacturing