Laboratory Engineer, Materials & Process Engineering

Job Title: Laboratory Engineer Materials & Process Engineering

Job Code: 28040

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 Materials Laboratory Engineer to join our Huntsville Alabama facility.

This position will work in the Advanced Manufacturing Facilitys (AMF) Materials and Process Engineering (M&PE) Laboratory in Huntsville Al. The primary responsibility will be to perform and coordinate testing for material characterization/development failure investigations and other support of the M&PE team. This position will also support material recertification and in-process testing of materials as required. This position will report to the Materials and Processes Engineering AMF Laboratory Manager in Huntsville AL.

Essential Functions:

• Complete M&PE testing projects safely and on time by coordinating department resources and communicating with other enterprise teams.
• Present results of M&PE testing projects to internal customers.
• Coordinate project scope timelines and testing with the work requestor.
• Maintain current engineering project workload status. Present information in daily department tag-ups and periodically to engineering team.
• Provide mentorship to more junior engineers and technicians
• Test non-metallic materials using a variety of measurement instruments and equipment such as balances universal testing machines ovens hotplates hydraulic presses autoclaves and SEM.
• Fabricate cure and inspect non-metallic materials (carbon/epoxy glass/epoxy carbon/phenolic and EPDM) test panels as needed.
• Conduct testing according to ASTM/MIL/ISO etc standards standard work documents and custom work requests.
• Generate lab reports according to material specification requirements performing calculations as required.
• Contribute to overall lab operations and continuous improvement
• Maintain laboratory readiness and cleanliness through 5S1.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 6 years of prior Material Process Engineer- Lab experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior Material Process Engineer- Lab lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior Material Process Engineer- Lab experience.
• 4 years experience in a laboratory environment.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering or appropriate discipline is preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of non-metallic materials properties is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with mechanical testing of non-metallic materials is preferred.
• Experience with any of the following test equipment:
  • Instron Universal Testing Frame
  • Moving Die Rheometer and Mooney Viscometer
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Hydraulic Press and Autoclave
• Understanding of composite and polymeric materials concepts.

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