Automotive Materials Engineer

Are you currently looking for a new career opportunity within Materials Engineering? If so Expleo have the role for you.
Expleo Engineering is working on behalf of one of the world's largest Automotive manufacturers to recruit a Materials Engineer with experience in Metals, based in Bedfordshire on a contract basis. You will carry out work necessary to deliver metal material design and homologation tasks, on Body in White (BIW).
Responsibilities of the Materials Engineer include:
* Metallic materials design and development for all vehicle projects
* Analyse material properties, manufacturability, and cost to select the best metals
* Stay up to date on the latest advancements in metal materials, forming processes and joining techniques
* Analyse material properties such as strength, weight, corrosion resistance, formability, and recyclability to determine suitability
* Participate in design reviews and provide technical expertise to ensure manufacturability and functionality.
* Collaborate with design engineers and manufacturing teams to ensure optimal material selection and integration into vehicle production processes
* Lead or participate in laboratory testing of new and existing metal materials to verify performance and identify potential issues
* Undertake new material introductions at the manufacturing plant, market surveys, performance benchmarking and target setting
* Produce technical reports and presentations, summarising research findings and recommendations
* Data gathering, analysis, and reporting
Skills and experience required for the Materials Engineer position:
* Ideally degree educated in mechanical engineering, metallurgical engineering or a related industry
* Extensive experience of metallic materials applied in the automotive industry
* Experience of vehicle construction technologies, steel, and aluminium materials
* Knowledge of metallic materials, especially sheet steel and aluminium for automotive construction
* Strong understanding of metal properties, forming processes (e.g., stamping, welding), and joining techniques
* Skilled in supplier management
* Automotive OEM experience is desirable
* Driving licence valid in the UK/EU is essential
To meet with current legislation, right to work checks will be carried out to ensure candidates are able to work within the UK, unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.
Any application will be treated in a highly confidentiality manner and all conversations will be respected. For more information on the Materials Engineer role, please contact -
Jacquie Linton
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