Advanced Materials Engineer, Global Materials Science

About This Role

Join Amazon's Global Materials Science (GMS) team to innovate sustainable e-commerce packaging. This role involves hands-on laboratory research, materials characterization, and collaborating with suppliers to bring novel packaging materials from concept to production, reducing environmental impact and enhancing customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on laboratory research and development of packaging materials
• Design and execute experiments to optimize material formulations and processing parameters
• Perform comprehensive materials characterization using various techniques and standards
• Establish correlations between fundamental materials properties and operational performance
• Define materials specifications based on critical performance thresholds
• Work directly with suppliers to develop and scale new materials
• Collaborate with Packaging Engineering on materials-design integration and automation equipment compatibility
• Author technical reports, test protocols, specifications documents, and research summaries
• Contribute to intellectual property generation through public disclosures and patent applications
• Mentor junior engineers and technicians on materials science principles

Requirements

• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Experience with the project management of technical projects
• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• 5 - 10+ years of experience with materials selection, testing, and scaling to manufacturing
• Bachelor's degree in materials science engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, pulp/paper engineering or a related technical discipline

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in materials science engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, pulp/paper engineering or a related technical discipline
• 5-10+ years of experience with materials selection, testing, and scaling to manufacturing

Nice to Have

• 5+ years of designing experiments and statistical analysis of results experience
• Experience in written and oral communication, including the ability to communicate with all levels in the organization
• Experience in characterization techniques and equipment, such as SEM-EDS, FTIR, DSC, TGA, DMA, rheometry, spectrophotometry, optical microscopy, and mechanical property testing related to packaging or other forest products with standard (ASTM, TAPPI, ISO, ISTA, etc.) and non standard methodologies

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits