Early-Career R&D Composite Manufacturing Engineer

Hexcel Corporation; Salt Lake City (UT); Presencial; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Hexcel Corporation is seeking an Early Career R&D Manufacturing Engineer at its Salt Lake City, Utah location. You will gain hands-on experience with advanced composite materials, supporting R&D, product development, scale-up, and customer-facing activities.

The role emphasizes transitioning products from development to production, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and building expertise in prepreg manufacturing technologies.

Formación

• Experience in aerospace composites processing, manufacturing, or automation is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to collaborate across teams.
• Experience interpreting customer specifications, engineering requirements, safety requirements, SOPs, and maintenance instructions.

Responsabilidades

• Manage pilot-scale prepreg processing equipment and manufacturing activities in R&D.
• Lead new product development and scale-up from pilot to full-scale production.
• Partner with R&D, Product Management, and Technical Service to support product initiatives.
• Develop expertise in prepreg and composite manufacturing technologies including AFP/ATL/RTM.
• Interface with customers as a technical representative for trials and evaluations.
• Build toward SME status in composite materials, applications, and manufacturing technologies.

Conocimientos

Aerospace composites experience

Technical writing

Data analysis

Detail-oriented

Verbal and written communication

Customer specifications interpretation

Team collaboration

Travel up to 15%

Educación

Master's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree with at least one year of relevant experience

PhD candidates with composites industry experience preferred

Herramientas

SolidWorks

Minitab

Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook/Teams/SharePoint)

Descripción del empleo

Hexcel Corporation is seeking an Early Career R&D Manufacturing Engineer at its Salt Lake City, Utah location. You will gain hands-on experience with advanced composite materials, supporting R&D, product development, scale-up, and customer-facing activities.

The role emphasizes transitioning products from development to production, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and building expertise in prepreg manufacturing technologies.