Material Test Engineer
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Job Summary
Material Test Engineer
Challenge the Impossible
About Beyond Gravity
Headquartered in Zurich Switzerland Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. Were a unique blend of agility speed and innovation fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1700 professionals spread across 13 locations in six countries is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. Were not just building crucial products for the satellites and launchers industry were helping to improve life on earth.
The Material Test Engineer will own the complete material testing value stream managing the creation shipping and testing of materials testing performed internally & externally to the company. This role is responsible for testing composite materials at the coupon element subcomponent and component levels. This role will also be expected to manage test schedules test reports and lab resources as needed
Your Mission
- Determine the materials testing processes / procedure for all in-coming in-process offal and NC testing requirements
- Manage the material testing value stream ensuring standardization of approach documentation and results archiving
- Perform development tests create and develop technical documentation establish technical specifications and manufacturing procedures for launcher structures and other related space products
- Perform sample preparation and support the production team in creation of manufacturing routings and planning for material testing
- Support material characterizations and support the structural design of space structures
- Manage external suppliers to ensure material testing is conducted in-line with internal specifications and results are delivered on-plan as per the Integrated Master Schedule
- Responsible for the establishment of the new equipment installation verification acceptance and long term calibration collaborate with the Materials & Process group for equivalency investigations
- Supports wider Materials & Process group in all material-based improvements related to Safety Quality Delivery Cost People.
Your Story
- B.S. in Materials Science / Engineering Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering or similar
- 3 Years of directly related experience in mechanical thermal and/or physical testing
- Previous experience instrumenting hardware and utilizing digital acquisition (DAQ) systems for capturing various instrumentation data (load cells thermocouples strain gauges digital image correlation (DIC) accelerometers pressure sensors etc) and analyzing this data
- Previous experience in overseeing and coordinating production activities in a production environment
- Excellent Program Management Skills
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Passionate and cooperative performer that puts team success first
- Good organizational and coordination skills
- Formal Project Management experience / certification preferred
- Solid understanding of failure modes load distribution stress calculations etc and how this relates to testing is preferred
- Experience with mechanical testing at the element subcomponent and component levels is preferred
- Aerospace and or Carbon Fiber Composite (Sandwich Laminate) Industry standard testing experience is preferred
Are you ready for lift-off
Our core values - Passionate Together and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. Propel your career to new heights by actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.
For questions regarding the position please contact: Blake
For questions regarding the position or recruitment process please contact: Michelle
Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race color religion sex gender national origin disability protected veteran status or any other legally protected categories.
Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Root cause Analysis
- Spectroscopy
- Fabrication
- Mechanical Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Research & Development
- Plastics Injection Molding
- Non-Destructive Testing
- Product Development
- Manufacturing
- Microscopy
About Company
Beyond Gravity has been supplying products for hundreds of space missions for over 40 years. They all ultimately serve one goal: advancing humanity.
