The Composites Manufacturing Engineer will be the primary focal for manufacturing process development and the source of all manufacturing instructions that production team will use for material handling, layup, cure, and assembly of aerospace composite assemblies. The engineer will use their strong knowledge of manufacturing principles and practices of composites manufacturing in a production environment.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Acts as a liaison between Product Engineering and Manufacturing teams.
- Define bill of materials and manufacturing routing steps in ERP/MRP.
- Define manufacturing steps and tooling designs to support all manufacturing processes.
- Create and track product launch plan with program management and production teams
- Utilize CATIA v5 CAD/CAE system to support manufacturing engineering duties. Ability to use Fibersim to design ply patterns and program automated ply fabric cutters preferred.
- Review customer process specifications and ensure product compliance.
- Understand prepreg material curing requirements and methods.
- Problem solving production issues and continuous process improvement to reduce manufacturing hours per unit and quality of products will be required.
- Develop and support repair requirements for parts and tools. Understands the MRB process. Act as engineering’s MRB member.
- Other duties may be assigned.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to communicate effectively with fellow employees and managers.
- Ability to convey a professional and positive image to guests and customers.
- Ability to comprehend and apply principles of calculus, with analytic geometry in solving engineering issues.
- Ability to apply principles of logical and scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
- Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.) in its most difficult phases.
- Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to comprehend and apply engineering principles to plan, monitor, and execution of production requirements. This may include analysis of technical data using statistics, mathematical, and graphical methods.
- Command of theoretical and practical prepreg layup, curing, and assembly methods is required. Practical application of blueprint and 3D model symbology in a manufacturing environment is required.
Education and/or Experience:
- Must be a US Citizen. (No dual citizenship allowed)
- Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
- Five years experience in composite fabrication, metallic materials, manufacturing methods/processes.
- Tooling/fixtures design and fabrication experience.
- Proficiency with computer based applications, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access), Lotus CC Mail, CAD and Micro CADAM (2-D) software.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is inside a central heat and air-conditioned office building. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to low.