Senior Materials and Process Engineer

• ◆Develop, qualify, and maintain special processes for flight hardware, including ablative and thermal protection systems (TPS), coatings, polymers, composites, adhesives, and processes applicable to metallic structures
• ◆Develop and control wet chemical processes (cleaning, etching, passivation, conversion coating and similar).
• ◆Implement corrosion prevention and control practices, and assess chemical compatibility between materials, process fluids, and service environments
• ◆Design experiments, methodologies, and pathfinder hardware to de-risk processes, and characterize materials and processes through mechanical, thermal, chemical, and microstructural testing, and use statistical methods to define process windows
• ◆Define tooling, fixture, test equipment, cleanliness, contamination control, and material handling

for assigned processes and flight hardware

• ✓Develop and maintain Special Process Specifications, Process Qualification and Validation Records and Control Plans
• ✓Lead and contribute to RCCAs, MRB and failure review boards for material and process non-conformances, including corrosion, surface contamination, defects found in NDE, test, or inspection, failure analysis (fractography, metallography, SEM/EDS, chemical analysis) in-house or through partner labs.

Basic

• ✓B.S. in Materials Science, Metallurgical, Chemical, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline, or demonstrated equivalent experience and expertise.
• ✓3+ years of process and materials engineering experience in aerospace, semiconductor or another high-reliability industry.
• ✓Demonstrated record of developing and qualifying processes and materials for flight or safety-critical hardware, including first article builds and compliance with industry standards (AWS, AMS, ASTM or similar).
• ✓Experience authoring and releasing specifications, design guidance, acceptance criteria, and drawing callouts used by an organization and its suppliers.
• ✓Experience with thermal, chemical, mechanical, and NDE characterization, including interpreting results to define process windows.
• ✓Deep expertise in at least one area (ablatives and TPS, composites, polymers and adhesives, coatings and surface treatment, wet chemical processing and corrosion control, welding metallurgy, heat treat, additive, or NDE).
• ✓Experience with aerospace metals (stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, nickel alloys) and their processing, including heat treatment, welding and brazing, and finishing.
• ✓Experience with corrosion mechanisms (galvanic, crevice, pitting, stress corrosion, hydrogen embrittlement) and chemical compatibility of materials with process fluids and service environments.
• ✓Experience developing and controlling wet chemical processes, including bath chemistry, rinse and water quality requirements, precision cleaning and cleanliness verification, and work with hazardous, reactive, or oxidizing fluids.
• ✓Proficiency in applied statistical methods (DOE, SPC, process capability, measurement system analysis, regression, statistical tole