Ceramic Process Development Engineer

About Momentive Technologies

Momentive Technologies applies advanced materials science to design and manufacture ultra-high-performance quartz materials, quartz crucibles, and ceramic products that are vital to a variety of high-growth end markets, including the silicon and compound semiconductor industries, electronics, and aerospace components. These solutions enable the production of logic and memory chips, power control devices and multiple systems for electric vehicles, integrated circuits, power control devices, data servers, and aerospace applications.

Recognized for the purity, performance, consistency and stability of its products, Momentive Technologies has been delivering innovative solutions for over 130 years and continues to impact emerging trends like electrification, digitalization, renewable energy and artificial intelligence. The Company, headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio, has operations across the globe and serves customers in more than 30 countries. For more information, visitwww.momentivetech.com.

Ceramic Process Development Engineer

As a Ceramic Process Development Engineer, you will lead the innovation and development of cutting-edge Boron Nitride and non-oxide ceramic materials, driving new product introductions from concept through commercialization. Leveraging your deep expertise in materials science, chemical engineering, and high-temperature ceramics, you will pioneer advanced processing technologies and translate them into scalable manufacturing solutions. You'll collaborate across multifunctional teams to optimize quality, reduce defects, and enhance production efficiency, while ensuring compliance with EHS standards. This role offers the opportunity to generate impactful intellectual property and shape the future of ceramic materials in high-performance applications.

Responsibilities

Develop new Boron Nitride and other non-oxide powders, coatings & solids products and processes based on technology roadmap utilizing technical expertise in chemistry, chemical engineering, or materials science to meet new market/application demands.

Expected to lead Ceramic Powders and Shapes/Solids new product development projects with support from cross-functional teams, external collaborators, and validation partners.

Explore, adopt, and develop new processing technologies for ceramics processing utilizing technical expertise in process technologies and engineering, chemical engineering and materials science.

Identify Critical to Quality (CTQ) for processes, develop and implement robust new approaches and procedures for new products and transfer the processes to manufacturing to meet current and new market and application demands.

Identify, optimize, and implement process improvements to improve quality, cost, throughputs, and reduce defects in processing and products.

Apply project management skills in planning, budgeting, time management, resource allocation, and risk management.

Generate intellectual properties such as technical reports, operation procedures, patents, and publications.

Apply Six Sigma methodology, statistical and characterization tools to analyze process and product quality.

Facilitate problem solving (root cause analysis) with corrective actions through collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, and other support organizations.

Provide leadership, engineering expertise, and excellence to operations team in support of Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Delivery.

Assist in the sustainability of stable operations and a Continuous Improvement culture.

Ensure EHS compliance for process and equipment and identify improvement opportunities, and Lead identification, mitigation, and elimination of safety exposures.

Basic Qualifications

Master's degree or higher education in Chemical Engineering or Material Science

5+ years related industrial experience