About the role
AI summarisedResearch Engineer role at SIMTech's Surface Remanufacturing Technology Group, focusing on laser material processing R&D including laser surface texturing, cleaning, micro-machining, peening, and metal deposition. The role involves experimental trials, materials characterization, process optimization, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams for technology transfer.
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Key Responsibilities
- Support and execute R&D efforts in laser material processing.
- Conduct experimental trials; optimise process parameters to meet functional requirements (wear resistance, water affinity, surface hardness and roughness etc.).
- Perform materials and microstructural characterisation: sample preparation (sectioning, mounting, polishing, etc.), microscopy (optical, SEM), surface energy measurements, hardness / mechanical testing, etc.
- Troubleshoot and improve process stability, texture uniformity, reproducibility, and scalability; understand failure modes and address issues.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (materials scientists, mechanical engineers, surface metrology experts) and with industrial partners for technology transfer.
- Stay up to date on emerging laser processing technologies and contribute to the evaluation and incorporation of new techniques (e.g. novel optics, process monitoring and control, simulation and modelling, machine learning).
Requirements
- Conduct experimental trials; optimise process parameters to meet functional requirements (wear resistance, water affinity, surface hardness and roughness etc.).
- Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Surface Engineering, or a related field.
- Experienced in material characterisation tools: microscopy (optical, SEM), wear testing, hardness testing, etc.
- Good communication skills, able to work well with others, able to articulate one’s thoughts and present one's work, motivated and hardworking
- Knowledge of post-processes (surface chemical grafting, surface passivation, coating overlay).
- Knowledge in python or other machine learning languages; experience in software such as Autocad/Creo, Rstudio, Labview etc.