Job Description
Job Description
Our client is seeking an experienced Composite Manufacturing Engineer with a strong background in composite materials, production processes and Department of Defense program requirements to join our team.
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Job Function:
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Responsibilities:
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\n - Develop, optimize, and maintain manufacturing processes for composite structural components and assemblies, including hand layup, resin infusion, RTM, autoclave curing, and out-of-autoclave processes.
\n - Design, develop, and validate composite tooling, fixtures, templates, and assembly aids to support efficient manufacturing.
\n - Create and maintain manufacturing plans, work instructions, routers, process specifications, and standard operating procedures in accordance with customer, DoD, and company requirements.
\n - Develop and qualify composite materials, manufacturing processes, and tooling in compliance with MIL-STDs, aerospace OEM specifications, and program requirements.
\n - Develop layup, bonding, trimming, machining, drilling, curing, and assembly processes for composite structures.
\n - Evaluate engineering drawings, CAD models, and technical specifications to ensure manufacturability and support Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) initiatives.
\n - Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Program Management, suppliers, and customers to support product development, production readiness, and process improvements.
\n - Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions for manufacturing issues, quality concerns, discrepancies, and nonconforming material.
\n - Support Material Review Board (MRB), First Article Inspection (FAI), process qualification, production readiness, and Engineering Change Order (ECO) implementation activities.
\n - Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, cost reduction, manufacturability, and production efficiency.
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Job Requirement:
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Required Qualifications:
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\n - Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related field.
\n - Minimum of five (5) years of manufacturing engineering experience supporting composite materials in the aerospace or defense industry.
\n - Strong knowledge of composite manufacturing processes, including prepreg processing, hand layup, vacuum bagging, resin infusion, autoclave curing, out-of-autoclave curing, adhesive bonding, trimming, machining, and composite assembly.
\n - Experience using CAD software such as Siemens NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, or similar.
\n - Ability to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T (ASME Y14.5), MIL-SPECs, technical specifications, process standards, and ply books.
\n - Experience with manufacturing process development, tooling design, process validation, and production documentation.
\n - Knowledge of quality engineering principles, including FMEA, Statistical Process Control (SPC), root cause analysis, corrective actions, and failure analysis.
\n - Strong analytical, technical problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.
\n - Experience working in cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams.
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Preferred Qualifications:
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\n - Experience supporting U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), military aerospace, or defense prime contractor programs.
\n - Experience supporting low-rate initial production (LRIP) and/or full-rate production environments.
\n - Experience with aerospace customer specifications such as Boeing BAC, Airbus AIPS, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX (Raytheon), or similar.
\n - Knowledge of AS9100 Quality Management Systems, NADCAP special processes, and AS9102 First Article Inspection (FAI).
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