Materials Process Engineer
Diamond Foundry · Bay Area, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Diamond Foundry (industrial) in Bay Area, CA.
- They ask for
- 2+ years
- Tools it names
- Casting, Extrusion, EHS / safety
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How this role compares
Against 77 other live process postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)
Typical $124k–$171k, from 46 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 47%
- Team leadership 27%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 24%
- DOE 24%
- SPC 22%
- New product launch 21%
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Stands out: this posting asks for Casting, Extrusion, EHS / safety, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Process team at Diamond Foundry
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Diamond Foundry in Bay Area
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Full description from Diamond FoundryAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
Run moderate-temperature molding processes and help design and fabricate molds, tuning temperature, pressure, and surface finish to reduce defects
Run extrusion trials and measure how temperature, pressure, and die design affect flow, surface quality, and dimensional consistency
Characterize the material’s thermal, optical, and flow properties before and after processing, and track how they change over reuse cycles
Clean and functionalize diamond and glass substrate surfaces (e.g., plasma treatment) and evaluate adhesion and interface quality
Run designed experiments and turn the data into process improvements, documenting them in SOPs and following EHS practices for toxic materials
Requirements
BS or MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a related field; entry-level (0-2 years, internships included)
Internship or direct lab experience in glass characterization or molding, ideally with chalcogenide or other specialty glasses
Familiarity with moderate-temperature processing such as glass or polymer molding and extrusion, plus surface treatment and safe handling of toxic materials
Experience characterizing thermal, optical, and structural properties (e.g., DSC, viscometry, UV-Vis, FTIR, XRD, SEM/EDS), using designed experiments, and analyzing data in JMP, Python, or Google Sheets
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Diamond Foundry Inc. is solving the thermal limitation at the foundation of today's most exciting tech industries -- AI & cloud compute, electric-car power electronics, and 5G/6G wireless. We have managed to produce the world's first single-crystal diamond wafers and are now on a mission to put a diamond behind every chip. We are the rare unicorn that has grown fast and profitably. We received $515m in funding and are executing a multi-$B expansion plan for one of the greenest forms of tech manufacturing: converting greenhouse gas into diamond wafers using zero-emission energy.