The Mission

Your mission is to learn and support testing procedures for MicroTau microstructured film products. You will be reporting to the Product Engineering Team Lead, ensuring MicroTau products have undergone appropriate testing and analysis.

Outcomes

• You will perform test procedures according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• You will generate test reports and summaries 

• You will be able to clearly communicate to team members when work packages will be complete and escalate when they are not on track

• You will participate in the problem solving process of test or product failures

Knowledge & Skills

• Partaking in degree of relevant discipline e.g. Science,  Engineering or equivalent

• Experience in laboratory environments using technical lab equipment and chemicals

• Experience writing reports and performing statistical analysis 

• Experience following test procedures or instructions

Key Responsibilities

• Learn test procedures for MicroTau riblet film products 

• Perform test procedures according to SOPs

• Documentation of tests and experiments, capturing the work performed, relevant conditions, the procedure used, results, analysis, and conclusions from the test 

• Escalating troubleshooting issues with test equipment

• Writing and communicating results of test reports

• Engaging team members to review reports and provide feedback for improvement 

• Tracking and updating of work status in team planning boards

• Providing feedback to relevant engineering investigations

About MicroTau

MicroTau prints nature’s surfaces to solve human problems. Taking inspiration from the animal world’s most creative (and deadly) engineers, we are making the materials that will make our world a faster, cleaner, and greener place. 

Our ambition is to put ‘shark skin’ film on planes, saving US$8 billion in fuel and 40 million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year. To get us there, we’re working with the largest aviation manufacturers and operators in the world. Our product can help aircraft fly further and faster, carry greater payloads, and perform tighter, faster manoeuvres. We’ve invented and built the manufacturing technology to do this, but we’re not done yet.

In 2022 we closed a seed funding round and we’re proud to have the backing of some of Australia’s largest investors. We’ve recently been awarded some large grants and contracts, so we are rapidly expanding our team to accelerate the development and roll-out of this hugely impactful technology. 

During the next 24 months, we’ll be deploying riblet film to new aircraft for flight tests, building out new facilities, transforming our production line, and forming more new partnerships than ever before. For our employees, this means exciting growth opportunities and the ability to work alongside some of Australia’s brightest minds to solve one of the world’s hardest problems. Every employee can make an impact on the technology and applications we pursue.