Senior Materials & Processes Engineer – Composite Structure

Your role and your team:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Materials and Processes Engineer with thermoplastic material knowledge who is eager to learn and ready to join a unique and exciting program environment. You will be responsible for various structural design efforts, including qualification and process development required for aircraft certification.

As part of the M&P team, you will work closely with various Integrated Project Teams to support all aspects of design, manufacturing, and quality assurance. Additional responsibilities will include hands-on concept development, authoring material and process specifications, and characterizing degradation modes to establish the safety and performance requirements for aerospace applications.

Your Day to Day:

• Support the design and stress teams for next generation aerospace products, including being responsible for expert guidance in composite material and process selection.
• Provide engineering expertise for the development and certification for a wide variety of high-performance thermoset and thermoplastic material systems for filled, short fiber, and continuous reinforcement applications.
• Work closely with internal and external suppliers to support safety critical design, establish material performance parameters, and advance manufacturing process industrialization.
• Drive qualification efforts by writing test plans, reports, and specifications and establish statistically based requirements for aerospace certification.
• Research new technology proposals and provide recommendations for rapid concept evaluation.
• Support various program needs, including design failure mode and effect analysis, substantiation of non-conformance dispositions, root cause and corrective action analyses.
• Define technical roadmaps to achieve program objectives, including development of initial concepts, prototyping, verification, and validation efforts.
• Document best practices and share lessons learned in a rapidly evolving environment, through authoring technical memos and presentations.

Your Profile:

• S. in engineering or science (i.e., chemistry, chemical engineering, material science and engineering, or similar) (Ph.D./ M. Sc. preferred).
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in an aerospace certification environment. Previous process qualification work in prepreg automated layup, joining techniques (thermal welding, bonding, fastening), additive manufacturing, or injection molding (over-molding, insert molding, and/or material qualification) is a plus.
• Experience with material and process selection is desirable, including establishing key process parameters and material properties.
• Highly driven individual with the ability to probe and challenge assumptions.
• Strong understanding of material and process qualification, with robust hands-on experience in the engineering, design, and development of advanced aerospace parts
• Self-reliance with the ability to work in a team, as well as individually.
• Highly energetic personality is desirable, with a goal-oriented working style and demonstrated analytical problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal communication and writing skills are essential.
• Fluent English language skills are essential, Fluent German or any other language would be beneficial.

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