Höganäs in North America is seeking a Materials & Application Engineer to work at our Tomball, TX location. This position is responsible for the metallurgical laboratory operations and coating characterization within a customer-focused technical environment. The position collaborates closely with coatings and applications personnel to evaluate results, provide data-driven insights, and support customer trials and investigations.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Oversees day-to-day operation of the metallurgical laboratory, ensuring high-quality, consistent, and timely output to support customer-focused activities.
- Performs metallurgical sample preparation, including sectioning, mounting, grinding, polishing, and etching, following established standards and best practices.
- Conducts metallographic analysis using optical microscopy to evaluate coating characteristics such as microstructure, dilution, porosity, cracking, and bonding integrity.
- Captures and documents metallurgical data, including micrographs, hardness results, and observations, ensuring accuracy and traceability.
- Prepares clear technical reports summarizing findings, including micrographs, hardness data, and key observations, to support application development, validation, and issue resolution.
- Interprets metallurgical results and provides data-driven insights on coating performance and behavior.
- Supports customer trials and development activities by preparing and analyzing samples, documenting results, and contributing to technical discussions.
- Collaborates with coatings and applications personnel to correlate metallurgical results with process outputs and support continuous improvement.
- Supports coating process development through metallurgical evaluation, without primary ownership of process parameter development.
- Provides secondary support to cladding processes (e.g., laser cladding, HSLC, PTAW) through sample evaluation and participation in trials as needed.
- Maintains laboratory equipment, consumables, and procedures to ensure readiness and reliability.
- Opportunity to expand involvement in coating process support and applications activities as experience develops.
- Maintains a safe working environment for themselves and others.
- Displays conscious awareness of what is required to ensure a sustainable Höganäs.
Qualified candidates will possess:
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgy, or related field.
- Recent graduates to 3+ years of experience in metallurgical lab, coatings, or technical applications environments.
- Additive manufacturing experience with robotic programming is preferred.
- Strong capability in metallographic sample preparation, including sectioning, mounting, grinding, polishing, and etching.
- Proficiency in metallurgical analysis, including hardness testing and microstructural evaluation using optical microscopy.
- Working knowledge of coating processes, including laser cladding and PTAW (support/operation exposure), with basic familiarity with thermal spray.
- Ability to work independently, interpret laboratory results, and provide clear, data-driven insights.
- Experience preparing clear technical reports, including micrographs, hardness data, and key observations.
We aim to offer a great and meaningful place to work where you can fulfill your potential and ambitions. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. We have a clear management philosophy, and just like us you believe that through collaboration and openness we develop as individuals and as a company. We see all employees, regardless of position, as leaders when we approach the challenges that the world - and we - face. Höganäs ambition is to lead the transformation to better meet the needs of tomorrow and become the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powder on a global scale – join us in our journey of sustainable change and towards net-zero climate emissions.
Founded in 1797, Höganäs is the world leader in the market for powders, with an annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes. Höganäs’ vision is to drive positive change through material innovation, with the ambition of becoming the globally preferred partner for sustainable powder materials.
The company’s strength lies in its diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, and Höganäs is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. Höganäs collaborates with customers across multiple industries to develop innovative solutions, including applications in automotive components, electric motors, brazing, surface coating, welding consumables and additive manufacturing. Operating 15 production centers worldwide and employing 2,200 people, Höganäs’ turnover for 2025 was 11,045 MSEK. Höganäs is owned by Lindéngruppen and FAM. www.hoganas.com
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