Materials Research Engineer
Job Description
- Experience in the automotive industry
- Conducting tests of mechanical, physicochemical, and structural properties of materials (metals, plastics, composites)
- Operating laboratory equipment (including SEM, X-ray, strength testing machines, spectrometers)
- Developing research reports and analyzing results
- Cooperation with R&D, production, and quality departments in the assessment of new and used materials
- Participation in supplier qualification and material approval processes
- Support in solving material problems and component failures
- Higher technical education: materials engineering, chemistry, mechanics, or related
- Minimum 5 years of experience in laboratory or research and development work
- Knowledge of material testing methods and standards (e.g., ISO, ASTM, VDA)
- Ability to operate modern research equipment
- Very good knowledge of English – allowing for free oral and written communication in a technical and professional context
- Independence
- Analytical thinking
- Accuracy
- Employment in an international manufacturing company
- High work standards
- Leading supplier of automotive technologies on the global market
- Attractive working conditions and benefits
- Possibility of remote work
- Participation in internal and external training
- Benefits platform (including Medicover sports card)
- Additional health and life insurance
- Medical care (Medicover)
- Pension Program (PPE)
- Other social benefits
Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.
The Valeo Group is an automotive supplier and partner to car manufacturers worldwide. As a technology company, we design innovative solutions for intelligent mobility, with a particular focus on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. The Group also supplies and distributes spare parts for car manufacturers and independent aftermarket operators.
The engine cooling plant in Skawina is the largest and oldest Valeo location in Poland. The plant designs and produces the latest generation of innovative heat exchangers, i.e., engine radiators, oil coolers, turbocharger coolers, air conditioning, and complete engine cooling systems (cooling modules), which, in addition to their basic functions, allow for reduced fuel consumption and emissions of harmful substances, including carbon dioxide.
Currently, at the engine cooling plant in Skawina, we are recruiting for the position of a Materials Research Engineer, who will support the team in testing and analyzing materials used in automotive components.
Your challenges:
- Conducting tests of mechanical, physicochemical, and structural properties of materials (metals, plastics, composites)
- Operating laboratory equipment (including SEM, X-ray, strength testing machines, spectrometers)
- Developing research reports and analyzing results
- Cooperation with R&D, production, and quality departments in the assessment of new and used materials
- Participation in supplier qualification and material approval processes
- Support in solving material problems and component failures
Join our team if you have:
- Higher technical education: materials engineering, chemistry, mechanics, or related
- Minimum 5 years of experience in laboratory or research and development work (automotive industry experience welcome)
- Knowledge of material testing methods and standards (e.g., ISO, ASTM, VDA)
- Ability to operate modern research equipment
- Very good knowledge of English – allowing for free oral and written communication in a technical and professional context.
- Independence, analytical thinking, accuracy
We offer:
- Employment in an international manufacturing company, whose work standards are high, being a leading supplier of automotive technologies on the global market,
- Attractive working conditions and benefits: possibility of remote work, participation in internal and external training, benefits platform (including Medicover sports card), additional health and life insurance, medical care (Medicover), Pension Program (PPE), and other social benefits.
Valeo is committed to promoting diversity in all its forms, through local policies and initiatives, mentoring and training programs.
Join us and lead tech innovation for a reinvented interior experience!
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Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com
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Valeo is a global tech company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility industry. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest innovative companies. We offer a large number of job opportunities that are as diverse as they are rewarding. Whether you are a student seeking an internship, a recent graduate, or an experienced professional, you will find an interesting opportunity at Valeo for you!
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