Process Engineer

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Were looking for an Process Engineer with strong expertise in sintered NdFeB magnet manufacturing.

*International candidates are welcome with relocation support to India or Estonia.

Position Summary

The Process Engineer will support the design industrialization commissioning validation and ongoing optimization of manufacturing processes for greenfield sintered neodymium-iron-boron or NdFeB magnet facility in India.

Reporting to the Plant Engineering Director the Process Engineer will translate product quality capacity cost safety and customer requirements into capable and controlled manufacturing processes. The role will work closely with equipment suppliers technology providers project engineering operations quality EHS maintenance automation supply chain and global technical teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and document manufacturing processes for sintered NdFeB magnet production.Translate product specifications production volumes quality requirements and customer expectations into robust process requirements.
• Prepare process flow diagrams process descriptions mass balances capacity calculations cycle-time analyses equipment requirements and other engineering documentation.
• Support the development of plant layouts material-flow concepts equipment interfaces work-cell designs and utility requirements.
• Participate in process design reviews to assess safety manufacturability process control maintainability capacity quality scalability and cost.
• Identify technical risks process constraints and potential failure modes during the design and industrialization phases.

Sintered Magnet Manufacturing Processes

Depending on the successful candidates technical specialization support one or more of the following process areas:

• Raw material preparation and alloy handling
• Strip casting
• Hydrogen decrepitation
• Jet milling and powder classification
• Powder blending and controlled material handling
• Magnetic-field pressing
• Cold isostatic pressing
• Green-part handling
• Sintering and heat treatment
• Machining grinding and dimensional finishing
• Coating and surface treatment
• Cleaning inspection testing and packaging
• Automated material transport and traceability
• Scrap recovery recycling and material-loss reduction

Qualifications & Experience

Education

Bachelors degree in Mechanical Chemical Electrical Metallurgical Materials Manufacturing or a related engineering discipline required.

Experience

3 years of process engineering experience in magnet manufacturing.