Sr Specialist, Material Process Engineer
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Job Title: Senior Specialist Materials & Process Engineering
Job Code: 26049
Job Location: Huntsville AL
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
The Aerojet Rocketdyne Business Segment of L3Harris is seeking a Senior Specialist Materials & Process Engineer with non-metallic materials experience to support ongoing Engineering and Manufacturing Development programs production programs and new product development. Desired experience with materials/materials systems is as follows: polymer matrix composites (epoxy and phenolic resin systems) ceramic matrix composites and polymeric materials such as rubber and adhesives.
This position will report to the Senior Manager Materials and Process Engineering in Huntsville AL.
Essential Functions:
Under limited general supervision of the Materials and Process Engineering technical leadership team and/or Program Chief Engineer apply knowledge of engineering and scientific principles to resolve materials related issues utilize six sigma techniques lean manufacturing process knowledge and sound decision-making principles to perform the following duties:
Provide on-site support at L3Harris manufacturing facilities and supplier manufacturing facilities as required to assist in troubleshooting and problem solving production issues related to tape-wrapping and compression molding ablative materials such as carbon/phenolic and silica/phenolic.
Collaborate with Design and Manufacturing Engineers to develop robust manufacturing processes for various solid rocket motor components.
Support design process by providing material selection recommendations creating material specifications reviewing design drawings reviewing manufacturing planning providing supplier technical support and supporting Engineering Review Boards Process Change Boards Failure Review Boards customer technical interchange meetings.
Develop test plans in coordination with Design and Analysis disciplines and characterize non-metallic materials; analyze material properties and develop design allowables per industry standards; summarize material properties and design allowable methodology in a written report.
- Perform engineering analysis of non-conforming hardware including coordination of analysis for disposition of Material Review Board documents. Maintain interactions with customers on materials obsolescence. Conduct project progress reviews to ensure program control. Conduct failure analyses to determine root cause document technical conclusions of failure investigations.
- Travel: 15% - to support work at suppliers and other enterprise locations.
- Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree and minimum 6 years of prior materials or chemical enginering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior materials or chemical enginering lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior materials or chemical enginering experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Bachelors degree in Polymer Engineering Polymer Science Materials Engineering Chemical Engineering or appropriate discipline is preferred.
- Masters degree in one of the above disciplines is preferred.
- Knowledge of chemical principles thermodynamics polymer chemistry structure/property relationships kinetics and data analysis is essential.
- Experience with polymeric materials statistical analysis and instruments used to characterize properties of polymeric materials or their precursors.
- Knowledge of high temperature mechanical and thermal testing of ablative materials graphite carbon-carbon and ceramic matrix composites.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
