Engineering Specialist

Job Purpose

The Engineering Specialist with Weaving Process focus is responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing the technical execution of internal and customer funded projects directed toward developing, expanding, and maturing AEC's family of technologies for manufacturing fiber reinforcements for use in advanced composite structures. These technologies currently include 3D Jacquard weaving, conventional 2D weaving, and a variety of special processes such as contour weaving, steered weaving and braiding. The Engineering Specialist is expected to provide technical leadership within the DFW facility, to serve as a technical consultant and to participate in technical reviews.

Job Responsibilities

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following values: Safety, Accountability, Integrity, Respect, Passion and Innovation. Put Safety first at all times, never compromise on safety for the obtainment of other objectives. Responsible for health and safety of themselves and coworkers.

• Develop novel preforming processes using a variety of textile-based and associated methods (e.g., weaving, tufting, braiding, fiber placement, etc.). These materials may include 2D and 3D woven textiles, uni-directional fabrics, preforms utilizing fiber placement, or any combination
• Lead the design, verification and validation process of new products, technologies and methods, including material and component fabrication and testing.
• Establish working relationships with Customer's technical staff. Represent AEC's technical position in meeting with Customers.
• Technical lead on proof-of-concept activities that may lead to new production opportunities. Perform risk assessments for these opportunities and develop roadmaps outlining work that must be performed to minimize those risks.
• Work closely with manufacturing engineers to identify opportunities for improving existing processes.
• Establish process and performance limits; create effective process window maps; distill into effective work instructions for shop floor personnel.
• Monitor the industry to identify new techniques and process that may be of interest to AEC.
• Provide engineering/technical project updates and communications as needed by internal and external customers.
• Provide mentoring and technical leadership to the engineering organization in relevant areas of expertise. Identify and support implementation of organizational process improvement initiatives.
• Support technology road-mapping activities.