Materials Failure Analysis Task Author

IXO is engaging specialists to evaluate materials tasks grounded in selection, testing and failure evidence. Your contribution is technical work: make the reasoning inspectable, identify substantive errors and provide evidence that supports a reliable assessment.

Work you will do

• Develop problems that connect a material's composition, structure, processing and service environment to its behavior.
• Inspect failure and characterization evidence using methods appropriate to the material and question.
• Write reference analyses and evaluation criteria that explain root causes, practical limitations and applicable standards.

Preferred background

• A materials/metallurgy bachelor's or higher, or a materials-specialized mechanical/chemical engineering degree, with at least three years in selection, testing, failure analysis or process development.
• Explain material classes, microstructure, degradation and failures through fractography, metallography and mechanical/thermal evidence; understand ASTM, ASM, ISO and process qualification.
• SEM, XRD, TEM, DSC/TGA or manufacturing-process experience; technical problem authorship, standards/exam committees, competition distinctions, publications and recognized research awards strengthen the profile.

Deliverables

Submit the completed technical artifact or assessment with its supporting evidence, explicit assumptions, reproducible checks where applicable, and concise reasons for each material judgment. Address review findings within the agreed scope.

Location and schedule

Remote assignments are scheduled by agreement, with no guaranteed weekly volume. IXO confirms the applicable timing before work.

Pay and working terms

Per completed task; fee agreed before work USD. Payment is for a completed task that meets the agreed acceptance criteria. The fee, task specification and revision requirements are agreed before work; an advertised time estimate does not determine payment. Applying does not guarantee an assignment. Use public, licensed or otherwise authorized material only; do not submit confidential employer information, personal data or restricted research.