Mms Mae – CMC Lead Materials Application Engineer

Job Description Summary

The Advanced Military CMC Materials Application Engineer will help guide SiC-SiC CMC material system decisions for our next generation products with innovative material and process solutions. The candidate for this role will help execute the application of new technologies onto hardware and ensure material system vitality. This requires a strong partnership with Design, Supply Chain, and Quality teams to develop and mature CMC technology.

Job Description

• Partner with EMS program leadership, Supply Chain, Quality, and Systems to advise on adoption of new Materials and Process technologies with eye toward fulfilling short-term and long-term business goals.
• Partner with Supply Chain to resolve production and near production materials technology issues.  Initiate and proactively participate in reviews to identify impending roadblocks.
• Partner with the EMS consulting engineers and TRL leaders to select concepts from our material systems roadmaps and help guide the implementation of early technology projects.
• Remain current in the state of the art within CMC Systems for new products introduction activity, performance improvements, cost reductions and problem resolutions
• Execute technical CMC development programs with an aim to burn down technical risk associated with maturing these materials, leveraging domain expertise in the field.
• Collaborate with horizontal teams (materials, design, manufacturing) to advance the technical maturity of CMC technologies using the TRL/MRL process while meeting programmatic milestones.
• Provide engineering support, within CMC Systems, to teams working on performance, cost reduction and quality initiatives
• Leverage expertise to resolve problems in the field or during the manufacturing processes
• Provide technical documentation to support peer and customer reviews.
• Present data to program and customer personnel at technical interchange meetings and design reviews.
• Recommend approaches to solve materials and manufacturing process-related issues utilizing current best practices to influence high-risk items and improve designs.
• Proactively identify lessons learned and best practices and ensure appropriate documentation.
• Communicate significant developments with leadership and consult on technical roadmap development to inform the future direction of technology development.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in materials science, materials engineering, or closely related technical field from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 3 years of combined experience in an engineering or research position.
• Due to the nature of the duties of this position, this role requires the individual to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. citizenship

Desired Characteristics

• 1.5+ years experience with materials and process development, specifically CMCs.
• Experience with material selection, material behavior, and material manufacturing processes.
• Existing DoD Security Secret Clearance.
• Experience leading a technical development program and communicating milestone commitments.
• Advanced degree in Materials Science or related engineering field from an accredited college or university.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge and application of APQP.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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