Process Engineer

• Provide technical ownership and continuous improvement for hard chrome plating and related aerospace electroplating processes.
• Support cadmium plating electroless nickel masking chemical conversion coating passivation Nital Etch cleaning activation stripping baking and surface preparation.
• Develop validate and maintain technique sheets master routings process plans and work instructions for new and existing aerospace components.
• Translate customer drawings purchase orders and aerospace specifications into clear production requirements including process sequence specification revision critical parameters masking boundaries tooling inspection points and required records.
• Engineer plating methods for precision-machined components involving dimensional buildup plating allowance inside and outside diameters runout edge effects current density and post-plating machining or grinding.
• Develop and improve racks fixtures plugs masking methods auxiliary anodes shields and other tooling required for consistent results.
• Establish and control critical parameters such as bath chemistry temperature amperage voltage current density plating time agitation filtration and solution movement.
• Lead root-cause investigations involving adhesion failure thickness variation burning pitting nodules roughness porosity corrosion failure and hydrogen-embrittlement risk.
• Partner with laboratory and chemical-control personnel on bath analysis additions contamination control tank maintenance and corrective action.
• Support Nadcap Chemical Processing audits corrective actions and objective evidence while contributing to AS9100 implementation and disciplined document control.
• Support new-product introduction first-article readiness process validation and customer or original equipment manufacturer technical reviews.
• Train plating technicians maskers supervisors planners and inspectors on process requirements and technical fundamentals.
• Improve first-pass yield process capability cycle time repeatability and reduction of rework and scrap.

Qualifications :

• Three or more years of direct process engineering technical process ownership or advanced manufacturing experience involving aerospace electroplating or chemical processing.
• US Citizen or Permanent Resident status requirement
• Hands-on technical knowledge of hard chrome plating in an aerospace aviation defense or similarly controlled precision-manufacturing environment.
• Experience processing precision-machined components where plating thickness dimensional tolerance masking boundaries and post-processing are critical.
• Ability to interpret aerospace drawings specifications purchase-order requirements and process standards.
• Working knowledge of plating chemistry electrochemistry current density rectification anode and cathode relationships bath control filtration and process troubleshooting.
• Experience developing or maintaining technique sheets routings work instructions process plans or other controlled manufacturing documentation.
• Demonstrated root-cause analysis corrective-action and technical-writing ability.
• Ability to work full-time and on-site in Sun Valley California.

Equivalent hands-on aerospace plating experience will be considered. A specific degree is not required when the candidate can demonstrate the technical depth needed to own these processes.

Additional Information :

Why Consider This Opportunity

• Take meaningful technical ownership rather than serving only in a support capacity.
• Work directly with specialized aerospace processes and precision components.
• Replace tribal knowledge with lasting controlled engineering methods.
• Influence process capability quality delivery and equipment improvements.
• Join an established Southern California aerospace-processing operation with an immediate need for your expertise.

Apply Today

If you have direct aerospace hard chrome or closely related electroplating experience apply even if you do not meet every preferred qualification. Please submit a résumé that identifies the plating processes you have supported the types of aerospace parts you have processed and your experience with technique sheets specifications audits or process troubleshooting.

Qualified candidates will be contacted promptly for a confidential initial conversation.

The employer provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees in accordance with applicable federal state and local law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time