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Entry-Level Physical Metallurgist – Steels
General Motors. Innovate in steel metallurgy for next-generation vehicle and manufacturing applications .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in physical metallurgy, including advanced steel grades and thermo-mechanical processing, while effectively collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to innovate and translate research into practical applications for vehicle manufacturing. Strong ability to analyze and connect alloy chemistry, processing, and microstructure to performance outcomes.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Physical MetallurgyThermo-Mechanical ProcessingMetallographic CharacterizationMechanical TestingAdvanced Steel Grades
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Hard Skills
Phase TransformationsStructure-Property RelationshipsOptical MicroscopySEMEDSEBSDX-Ray DiffractionDilatometryData AnalysisMachine Learning
Soft Skills
Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal CommunicationMentoring
Tools & Technologies
Optical MicroscopySEMX-Ray DiffractionHardness TestingData-Driven Models
Industry Keywords
Materials ScienceMetallurgical EngineeringFerrous SteelsManufacturing ProcessesIntellectual Property
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesElectronRay
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Innovate in steel metallurgy for next-generation vehicle and manufacturing applications
- Propose research directions and establish technical research plans
- Lead collaborative studies spanning alloy design, thermo-mechanical processing, heat treatment, microstructure development, characterization, and performance validation
- Generate insights into relationships among steel composition, processing, phase transformations, microstructure, properties, durability, joining, formability, and manufacturability
- Guide experimental efforts and accelerate materials down-selection
- Translate metallurgical research into solutions for vehicle structures, closures, chassis systems, safety components, and manufacturing processes
- Plan and execute collaborative physical metallurgy and ferrous-materials research
- Develop composition–process–structure–property relationships for advanced steels
- Investigate phase transformations, recrystallization, precipitation, recovery, grain refinement, hardenability, residual stress, and damage mechanisms
- Design and evaluate thermo-mechanical processing and heat-treatment strategies
- Characterize steel microstructures and defects using optical, electron, diffraction, chemical, thermal, and mechanical methods
- Evaluate tensile, fatigue, fracture, impact, formability, wear, corrosion, and other performance characteristics
- Partner with manufacturing and engineering teams on forming, joining, coating, corrosion, dimensional stability, and production-readiness challenges
- Connect experimental observations with thermodynamic, kinetic, computational, and data-driven models
- Drive collaborations with GM engineering teams, universities, suppliers, national laboratories, and research partners
- Prepare technical reports, presentations, publications, and invention disclosures
- Generate intellectual property
- Assist and mentor other employees
Requirements
What you’ll need- Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field
- Must be graduating between August 2026 and June 2027
- Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week
- Strong foundation in physical metallurgy, iron–carbon metallurgy, phase diagrams, phase transformations, kinetics, crystallography, and structure–property relationships
- Experience with advanced, ultra-high-strength, high-strength low-alloy, stainless, electrical, press-hardening, or related ferrous steels
- Experience with thermo-mechanical processing and heat treatment
- Experience with metallographic preparation and characterization using optical microscopy, SEM, EDS, EBSD, X-ray diffraction, hardness testing, dilatometry, or related methods
- Experience designing, conducting, and interpreting mechanical or durability testing
- Ability to connect alloy chemistry, processing conditions, microstructure, and performance using rigorous scientific methods
- Experience working in multidisciplinary research teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future
- Must be a U.S. Person: U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee, or refugee
- Position is subject to export control restrictions
- Ph.D. strongly preferred
- Preferred experience with advanced steel grades, modeling, characterization, forming, joining, corrosion, programming, data analysis, machine learning, materials informatics, publications, intellectual property, manufacturing, sustainability, and life-cycle performance
Benefits
Comp & perks- Benefits supporting well-being at work and at home
- Relocation benefits administration support
- Equal employment opportunity and inclusion programs
- Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities