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Salary: USD 62,000 - 105,000 / annual
Rangeview is building an advanced foundry system to reindustrialize American manufacturing through software, automation, materials science breakthroughs, and modern financing. The company focuses on reinventing critical metal-parts production for the 21st century.
As an R&D Specialist, you will work directly with Rangeview's materials R&D team in a hands-on research and manufacturing environment. You will gain direct exposure to experimental materials development, advanced manufacturing equipment, test execution, process development, and production-adjacent technical work.
Key responsibilities include:
- Maintain lab and production spaces as clean, organized environments in good working order
- Execute detailed test plans, including material formulation, testing, and equipment configuration
- Run and maintain a variety of equipment, including 3D printers, mixers, analytical instruments, and other R&D tools
- Prepare materials, samples, and equipment required for experimental work
- Create detailed documentation of test results, observations, process parameters, and deviations
- Support engineers and scientists during experimental execution and process development
- Contribute observations and information from test execution to help interpret results and plan future work
- Propose and autonomously execute tests that support R&D team goals
- Troubleshoot equipment or process issues as they arise
- Support lab setup, organization, equipment maintenance, cleaning, labeling, inventory, and operational readiness
- Perform hands-on work necessary to keep R&D testing moving, including occasional extended hours or weekend monitoring
Core KPIs include accurate test execution and documentation, equipment and lab readiness, timely identification and troubleshooting of test or process issues, and observations that support R&D decisions.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing, research, laboratory, testing, or R&D environment
- Experience working directly with laboratory tools, technical equipment, production equipment, or experimental processes
- Ability to follow detailed test plans, procedures, work instructions, or experimental protocols
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and organizational ability
- Strong documentation habits with the ability to accurately record observations, results, parameters, and deviations
- Familiarity with laboratory tools such as analytical equipment, scales, pipettes, or similar equipment
- Strong hands-on ability and comfort working directly with tools and equipment
- Ability to notice when something looks wrong during a test or process and communicate or troubleshoot appropriately
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving R&D environment where processes may still be evolving
- Must be able to work onsite in El Segundo, CA
- Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed when experiments or equipment require monitoring
- Must be comfortable performing physical, hands-on, and occasionally repetitive work in a lab and manufacturing environment
- Must meet U.S. Government export-control requirements applicable to Rangeview's ITAR-controlled work (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or otherwise eligible to obtain authorization from U.S. Department of State)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 2+ years of wet lab experience
- Materials testing or material formulation experience
- Experience with 3D printers, mixers, analytical instruments, scales, pipettes, or similar lab equipment
- Experience working with powders, slurries, ceramics, polymers, resins, coatings, composites, metals, or other technical materials
- Experience working with complex equipment and tools
- Experience supporting engineers, scientists, or technical teams
- Experience in a cleanroom or controlled manufacturing environment
- Familiarity with laboratory safety procedures for hazardous materials
- Experience troubleshooting equipment or process issues
- Experience in aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing, metallurgy, ceramics, composites, chemicals, battery materials, or related technical environments
