Product Engineer - Materials
Alchemy, Canada

Experience
1 Year
Salary
0 - 0
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
No
Qualification
Bachelor's Degree
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Mar 3, 2023
Last Date
Apr 3, 2023
Location(s)

Job Description

About Alchemy

Alchemy is a nanotechnology company building solutions for the automotive and defence industries. We are transforming legacy industries by vertically integrating our coatings innovations into category leading ready-to-use solutions. Our two main solutions are:

  • ExoShield windshield protection films for the automotive industry
  • Crypsis Class infrared camouflage coatings for the defence industry

We are at the growth-stage of our journey and are focused on sustainable top-line growth across both our automotive and defence business units. Alchemy is backed by leading investors and incubators in Canada, USA, France, and China such as Y-Combinator, Stanford-StartX, Creative Destructive Lab, and more.

Our team is a diverse, tight knit group of engineers, scientists, and business professionals that likes to spend time together in and out of the office, whether that is weekly badminton nights or team lunches. We are a team passionate about cars, cool technology, and working together to dominate the market segments we operate in.

You can learn more about Alchemy at: www.alchemynano.com

Role amp; Responsibilities

Alchemy is expanding its automotive products portfolio to better support its existing channel, enter new market and channel segments, and introduce new products through strategic partnerships with new suppliers.

We are looking for a Product Engineer to support our product development initiatives through testing, sourcing, evaluating, and documentation activities. This role will situate between our Product and Engineering teams - your priorities and deliverables will be driven by our Product team while your day-to-day activities amp; resourcing will be supported by our Engineering team. This structure will give you a chance to make valuable contributions to our product development, supplier selection, and commercialization objectives while developing your technical and business skills for a career in product management, supplier/purchasing management, and/or product engineering streams.

Your responsibilities will include four major activities:

  1. Testing
    • Developing and executing tests to evaluate existing and new products
    • Developing methodologies to reproduce product issues reported by customers for the Ramp;D team to further diagnose amp; resolve
  2. Sourcing
    • Sourcing and screening suppliers of new products based on technical information, business terms, and operational compatibility with our strategy
    • Collaborating with prospective suppliers to develop new products, developing new processes, and enhancing existing processes amp; products
  3. Evaluating
    • Evaluating supplier samples amp; prototypes for planned products to derive critical insights and inform supplier selection
    • Contributing to our overall product strategy by performing business case analysis on suppliers, product categories, and product design
  4. Documentation
    • Communicating results to the product team with technical and business oriented reports
    • Curating technical product documents to ensure market facing teams have access to the most up-to-date and accurate

You will report directly to our Chief Executive Officer and Head of Ramp;D.

Requirements

Our product development team is striving to leverage rapid iteration cycles in order to meet ambitious delivery deadlines. You will be expected to move fast, which will often require using your technical expertise amp; judgment to find effective ways to accelerate project timelines without sacrificing quality.

In order to succeed in this role, you should have relevant experience in the following areas:

  • Polymer chemistry
  • Analytical chemistry
  • Test design
  • Data analysis
  • Documentation amp; reporting

We strongly prefer that you have prior experience in relevant fields, but are willing to overlook any lack of experience for a relentless, hungry, and talented candidate:

  • Bachelor of Science in Chemistry or Materials Engineering or other relevant degree from an Ontario university. Current students in their final year of education with an April graduation date are welcome to apply!
  • 1-3 years of relevant experience either through co-op terms or post-graduate employment
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills (written amp; oral)
  • Proactive and self-starter attitude with a focus on continuous

Job Specification

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