Job Purpose

The position is to

Leverage materials and microstructure knowledge to developing new alloys and applications with properties in line with customer requirements.
Drive applied R&D; in FRP consistent with business strategic targets and customer requirements.
Develop FRP process-microstructure-property understanding for critical products for developing processes and properties

Key Result Areas/Accountabilities

Key Result Areas/Accountabilities

Supporting Actions

Alloy & Product Development

Lead development of recent aluminum alloy systems for FRP applications.
Design alloys for automotive body sheet, battery enclosures, cooling plates, busbars, packaging, cookware, architecture, marine, and industrial applications.
Develop next-generation high-strength, high-formability, corrosion-resistant, and sustainability focused products.
Support qualification and commercialization of new products with manufacturing plants and customers.
Drive recycling-tolerant alloy development initiatives.

Customer & Application Development





Translate customer requirements into material specifications.
Define microstructural targets required to meet customer performance requirements.
Support customer trials and industrial validation.
Collaborate with OEMs, suppliers, and fabricators.
Provide technical support during product approval and qualification.

Computational Materials Development

Develop predictive structure–property models using data.
Support digital-first product development methodologies.
Utilize computational and data analytics tools to accelerate alloy development.

Process development

Develop metallurgical operating windows and best practices.
Support manufacturing plants through scientific problem solving and process optimization.
Support and improve process capability and robustness of rolling and associated plant processes such as casting, homogenization, hot rolling, cold rolling, annealing and surface treatments.
Support productivity, and quality improvemen

📌 Sr TM FRP Metallurgist (India)
🏢 Aditya Birla Group
📍 India