General Matter
Materials & Process Engineer
About this role
General Matter seeks a Materials & Process Engineer to lead metallic material selection, characterization, and qualification for uranium enrichment hardware. You'll bridge materials science and hardware development, owning the journey from material selection through production while collaborating with design, manufacturing, and test teams on demanding, mission-critical systems.
What you'll do
- Select, characterize, and qualify metallic materials across hardware platforms
- Develop mechanical, physical, and thermal property data to support design decisions
- Define and improve manufacturing processes including heat treatment and welding
- Conduct root-cause failure analysis using fractography, metallography, and mechanical testing
- Establish characterization and inspection methods to control quality and scalability
- Partner with design, manufacturing, and test engineering on complex materials challenges
What they're looking for
- Metallic materials selection and qualification
- Heat treatment and welding process development
- Failure analysis and fractography
- Metallography and mechanical testing
- Non-destructive evaluation techniques
- Design allowables and specifications development
- Cross-functional technical communication
- Production scaling and quality control
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General Matter
General Matter develops nuclear fuel enrichment systems and production infrastructure. The company is hiring for engineering roles including EHS, quality, manufacturing systems, tooling, and test systems engineers to support its uranium enrichment operations and manufacturing processes.
View all jobs at General MatterLikely interview questions
- Walk us through a specific material qualification project where you took a metal from selection through production—what were the key challenges?
- Describe your experience with failure analysis: tell us about a complex fractography or metallography investigation you led.