Senior Process Engineer
About The Position
Smarter Alloys is a world leader in shape memory alloy (SMA) innovation, pioneering advanced SMA based materials and devices for medical, cleantech, transportation, and beyond. We are a fast moving, high growth company with aggressive production targets and a world class technical team based in Cambridge, Ontario. We are looking for a driven, execution focused Senior Process Engineer to procure, commission, and validate new production capability and bring it online. As our Senior Process Engineer, you will own the establishment of new material production lines from end to end. You will take a major capital project from vendor selection and equipment specification through installation, commissioning, and process validation, then use data to bring it to reliable, qualified production. This is a build role, not a maintain role. You will define what we buy, secure it, stand it up, prove it out, and hand off a validated, well-documented process to operations. You need to be comfortable making decisions under uncertainty, holding vendors and timelines accountable, and grounding your calls in data.
Requirements
- 5+ years in a process, manufacturing, or materials engineering role, with a degree in Materials, Metallurgical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering
- Hands-on experience commissioning capital equipment or standing up new production lines
- Strong grasp of physical metallurgy and high-temperature / thermomechanical processing of metallic materials
- Fluent in data: you drive projects and decisions through statistical analysis, not gut feel
- Strong project manager and communicator who holds vendors and timelines accountable and escalates clearly when something is off track
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with nitinol, shape memory alloys, or other specialty and advanced metallic materials
- Experience with high-temperature metallurgical processing and/or thermomechanical processing operations
- Exposure to ISO 13485 quality environments or other regulated manufacturing frameworks, and formal process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Experience with automation, process control, and materials informatics
- Project management credentials (e.g., PMP) or equivalent capital-project experience
Responsibilities
- Lead the procurement of major capital equipment: define technical specifications, evaluate and select vendors, and secure supply and service agreements for a new advanced materials processing line
- Plan and manage the installation, commissioning, and start-up of high-temperature and thermomechanical processing equipment
- Develop, characterize, and validate manufacturing processes (IQ/OQ/PQ) to qualify the line for production within our Quality Management System
- Apply statistical analysis, statistical process control, and data analytics to optimize process parameters, monitor performance, and drive continuous improvement
- Build the process documentation, work instructions, and control plans, then transition the line into steady-state manufacturing alongside operations, quality, and engineering
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package with full benefits and paid vacation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
