Powder metallurgy jobs

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Metallurgical engineering graduates can find excellent employment opportunities in the field of powder metallurgy. Powder metallurgy jobs are becoming increasingly plentiful because more and more industrial components are being manufactured to near net shapes. Such near net shape processing not only reduces component manufacturing costs, it also enables the manufacture of component with exotic alloy chemistries. Powder metallurgy jobs therefore pay quite well and usually provide a challenging environment to engineers.

In order to successfully land the perfect powder metallurgy job and keep yourself ahead of your competition, you will have to familiarize yourself with powder manufacturing techniques such as atomization methods, etc, powder classification and sieving techniques, particle morphologies and morphological testing methods, and above all be well knowledgeable in sintering technologies. If you have not yet graduated, it behooves you to take some courses in powder metallurgy and may be take on some paid or unpaid internship at some related companies in order to be successful in obtaining high paying powder metallurgy jobs.

Powder metallurgy jobs that pay the most are generally relegated to the research and development departments. In such cases, you will be developing new and improved powder manufacturing techniques, better control of powder quality, reducing sintering defects, create new alloy powders, writing powder specifications and potentially develop new powder metallurgy applications.

Bachelors degrees are usually sufficient for these positions. Advanced or post graduate education and training is advisable but not needed generally speaking. Of course any publications or industry research papers that you have authored or co-authored will be of great help.