Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Surface Characterization Co-op

Company Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of “shaping a sustainable world together,” we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Position Overview

The Surfaces team, located in Kennesaw, is seeking a Surface Characterization Co-Op. This role is responsible for detailed characterization and analysis of aluminum surfaces and their intermetallics and oxide layers. This co-op will start in January or as soon as close to January as possible and end December 2026.

Responsibilities

• Sample preparation for metallographic mounting and ion milling for microscopic analysis of aluminum
• Imaging and characterization of aluminum samples through a variety of techniques, such as LOM (Light Optical Microscopy), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy), and AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy)
• Additional surface testing of aluminum samples, such as electrochemical measurements, contact angle, topography, and hardness measurements
• Creation of detailed testing plan for characterization tests to understand how different processing techniques for aluminum surfaces affect surface characteristics such as corrosion and paintability
• Ability to collaborate with GATech’s Material Characterization Facility for training and use of additional analytical equipment

Minimum qualifications

• Experience in characterization techniques, specifically SEM with EDX analysis

Preferred qualifications

• Degree in Materials Science, Surface Chemistry, or equivalent program
• Experience in data correlation and/or machine learning process-parameter-structure-performance studies
• Experience in sample preparation for characterization techniques, such as ion milling and FIB (Focused Ion Beam)
• Ability to analyze SEM EDX spectra for intermetallics and oxides

Novelis’ Global Research and Technology Center located in Kennesaw Georgia within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area is a cutting-edge full-service research and technology hub that employs approximately 200 people including world-class engineers metallurgists chemists scientists technologists and technicians. The facility includes state-of-the-art lab equipment and a diverse mix of product pilot lines that bring innovative solutions to customers in the automotive beverage can and specialty markets. Kennesaw provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural opportunities and educational institutions. Novelis is committed to the Kennesaw community and supports a number of local charitable organizations including Habitat for Humanity as well as FIRST Robotics aimed at encouraging young people to pursue the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in order to spur the next generation of scientists and innovators.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

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