Associate Research Staff - Advanced Manufacturing of Extreme Environment Metals

Requisition Id 16331 

Overview: 

We are seeking an Associate Research Staff Scientist who will focus on the processing and process development of high temperature metallic powder feedstocks. In addition, a knowledge of powder feedstock processing through advanced manufacturing (AM) processing modalities such as hot isostatic pressing (HIP), directed energy deposition, laser powder bed, or electron beam melting with a focus on energy applications are desired. Research will focus on applying the fundamental knowledge garnered from traditional high temperature metal processing such as powder metallurgy or electron beam zone melting to aid in the development of novel extreme environment metals to enable next generation energy system advancements. This position resides in the Deposition Science & Technology Group in the Manufacturing Science Division, Energy Sciences Technology Directorate (ESTD) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

 

As part of our research team, you will be among team members based at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF), the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) first facility established to provide affordable and convenient access to R&D expertise, facilities, and tools to facilitate rapid adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies including additive manufacturing of alloys and composites. Additive manufacturing of high temperature materials such as refractory and nickel-based superalloys metals presents a new opportunity for these difficult to process materials. The selected candidate will work directly with the team to execute technical programmatic goals, while developing new research directions. Further, the candidate will perform fundamental research including but not limited to alloy design, selection, processing, and advanced material characterization. Further, the candidate will collaborate with staff researchers to develop the processing science for these novel metals for establishing process-structure-property relationships. 

 

Major Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Provide strategic scientific and technical leadership in the area of high temperature metals for additive manufacturing.
• Contribute to new and ongoing research in powder bed additive manufacturing of high temperature metals.
• Contribute to novel solutions to problems of national interest, and to the research and development necessary for the deployable implementation of those solutions.
• Represent ORNL’s scientific capabilities through participation on national scientific committees, leadership in professional organizations, and presentation of research concepts and accomplishments to national audiences at all levels (scientific organizations, collaborators, funding agencies, etc.).
• Work within ORNL teams to develop requirements and proposals, conduct research, and produce working prototypes for demonstration.
• Contribute to peer-reviewed papers, technical reports, and proposals for internal and external release, and represent ORNL science and technology at conferences and workshops.
• Contribute to invention disclosures, transition of ORNL research to commercial use, market research, and industry/government activities to enable ORNL science and technology use in practice
• Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

 

Basic Qualifications:

• A PhD in mechanical engineering, materials science, welding engineering, or a directly related field
• A minimum of 1 years of experience in R&D and scientific leadership.
• Knowledge of extreme environmental metals systems
• Demonstrated hands on working knowledge of advanced manufacturing equipment
• Working knowledge and experience with advanced materials characterization

 

  Preferred Qualifications:

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in R&D and scientific leadership.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience with transmission electron microscopy
• Expert level knowledge of operating an SEM and associated detectors for data collection, i.e. EBSD and EDS

• Excellent record of productive and creative research as demonstrated by publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Excellent written and oral co