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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 15 days Vulcan Elements's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Vulcan Elements's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Vulcan Elements
- high 34 stale, 2 reposted of 49 open
- Hiring momentum
- 66 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Vulcan Elements's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Vulcan Elements.
About this role
As a Senior Materials Scientist at Vulcan Elements, you will focus on developing and optimizing protective coatings for rare-earth permanent magnets, ensuring they meet corrosion and thermal performance specifications. Your role involves hands-on experimentation, materials characterization, and managing relationships with external suppliers while supporting the production team. You will also mentor junior engineers and contribute to the documentation and communication of experimental results and process recommendations.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Vulcan Elements as an employer.
What you need
- Ph.D. or Master's degree in Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical field
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in metallic coatings, surface finishing, or corrosion protection in an industrial or manufacturing R&D setting
- Working proficiency with materials characterization techniques: SEM/EDS, XRD, optical microscopy, and coating thickness/adhesion testing
- Familiarity with structured failure-analysis methodology
- Solid grounding in design of experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis of process and test data
- Strong technical writing and cross-functional communication skills
Nice to have
- Direct experience with rare-earth permanent magnets (NdFeB) and their corrosion behavior or protective coatings
- Exposure to powder-metallurgy processing (pressing, vacuum sintering) and its downstream effect on coating performance
- Proficiency with a data-analysis tool such as Python, MATLAB, or JMP/Minitab for manufacturing and quality datasets
- Familiarity with ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 quality management systems
- Experience in a startup or fast-scaling manufacturing environment
Worth weighing
- The role is heavily focused on R&D with a strong emphasis on hands-on experimentation and supplier management.
- Strict adherence to laboratory safety protocols is required, indicating a potentially hazardous work environment.
- No salary or benefits information is provided in the posting.
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Listed by Vulcan Elements on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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