Composites Engineer
Location: Mesa, AZ
2nd Shift: 1pm to 10:30pm
Hourly rate: $65.00 - $69.00
Contractor benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
Seeking a 2nd shift motivated collaborative associate or experienced Composites M&P (Materials and Processes) Engineer to join our Composite Materials Fabrication Site in Mesa, Arizona.
Position Responsibilities:
- Work in a casual, professional environment with multi-disciplinary engineering teams who deliver cutting edge aerospace solutions
- Split your time between office, lab, and production floor-see ideas move from test to flight
- Influence real products on advanced and proprietary air platforms
- Clear paths for long-term career growth into technical leadership or management
- Use your curiosity and technical grit to solve meaningful manufacturing challenges every day
- Ensure the efficient production of our world-class aerospace products, including advanced platforms for our Air Proprietary programs
What you'll do:
- Apply chemistry, physics, and material science to develop and qualify composite materials and processing methods
- Provide technical evaluation and material and process support to composite part fabrication
- Perform root-cause investigations and implement corrective & preventive actions for material and process issues
- Create and execute test plans, write reports and input to specifications for materials, tools, and processes
- Qualify and approve equipment, materials and processes
- Guide material testing in the Materials & Processes Laboratory
- Coordinate with other disciplines such as Design Engineering, Production Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, and Procurement
- Travel to suppliers as needed
- Integrate new technologies and promote standardization across product lines
- Manage test/audit programs, ensure regulatory and contractual compliance, and incorporate EHS, LEAN, and Quality principles into your work
- This role is full-time 2nd shift and is expected to be 100% onsite
Required Skills:
- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science. (And a Bachelor's degree and 2+ years' experience or a Master's degree
Preferred Skills:
- 1+ years working with composites, elastomers, and associated processing techniques (Level 2 or 3 applies based on years of experience)
- Hands-on lab experience with polymer chemistry analytical techniques
- Familiarity with materials such as epoxy, cyanate ester, bismaleimide, urethane, polyimide, reinforcements, and adhesives
- Experience with composite failure modes (structural and nonstructural) and failure analysis.
- Experience in technical specifications, reports, and test plans
- Comfortable reading engineering drawings and using Microsoft Office
- Experience in creating and delivering technical presentations and briefings
- Ability to work in a collaborative team-based environment
Must be U.S. Person for purposes of Export Compliance.