Engineer I- Arkansas City, KS (Onsite)

BARNES; Arkansas City (KS); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Barnes Aerospace is seeking an Engineer to join our Jet AirWerks team. This hands-on role focuses on developing and maintaining aircraft engine component repair processes and supporting shop-floor troubleshooting.

You will evaluate repair feasibility, coordinate with major OEM customers, and ensure repairs meet safety and quality requirements, including defining repair concepts and validating sequences across cleaning, inspection, and machining.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, aerospace, or related engineering field.
• 1+ years in gas turbine component repair or manufacturing experience.
• Ability to interpret drawings, basic GD&T, and inspection requirements.
• Experience with machining methods (lathe, mill, EDM) and fixturing.
• Strong written communication and collaborative problem solving.

Responsabilités

• Provide daily shop-floor support; troubleshoot issues and escalate risks.
• Support repair-development work packages from opportunity assessment to production release.
• Evaluate part condition, damage modes, repairability, and repair concepts.
• Develop and validate repair sequences including cleaning, inspection, machining, joining, and final inspection.
• Maintain repair routings, work instructions, fixtures, and documentation; use 5 Why, 8D, PFMEA.
• Partner with Operations and Quality on trials, training, readiness reviews, and improvements.

Connaissances

Drafting & GD&T

Machining knowledge

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Written communication

Safety compliance

Formation

Bachelor's degree in related engineering

Outils

3-axis CNC programming

CAM software

Machining equipment

Description du poste

Barnes Aerospace is seeking an Engineer to join our Jet AirWerks team. Key responsibilities include developing and maintaining aircraft engine component repair processes, evaluating repair feasibility, and production floor support. This hands-on role supports shop floor troubleshooting, coordinates with major aerospace OEM customers, and ensures repairs meet all safety and quality requirements.

Core Responsibilities:

• Under direction of the Engineering Manager, provide daily shop-floor support; gather facts, troubleshoot process, tooling, equipment, and inspection issues, and escalating risks appropriately.
• Work with engineering manager to support repair-development work packages from opportunity assessment through production release, including scope, schedule, risk, resource, and technical deliverables.
• Evaluate part condition, damage modes, repairability, dimensional restoration needs, and potential life or performance risks; define repair concept options and recommend the technically and commercially appropriate path.
• Develop and validate repair sequences that may include cleaning/stripping, inspection, blending, machining, joining, coating, heat treatment, non-destructive testing, dimensional restoration, and final inspection.
• Maintain repair routings, work instructions, standard work, fixtures, and controlled documentation; use basic data and structured methods such as 5 Why, 8D, and PFMEA to support root-cause and corrective-action work.
• Partner with Operations and Quality on process trials, operator training, readiness reviews, repair transfers, and improvement projects that improve safety, quality, yield, turnaround time, and capacity.

Qualifications:

• 1+ years of relevant gas turbine component repair or manufacturing experience. Relevant internship or co-op experience will be considered.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, basic GD&T, work instructions, and inspection requirements; demonstrates strong written communication, organized problem solving, and a collaborative shop-floor orientation.
• Working knowledge of machining methods (lathe, Mill, EDM, etc.), fixturing, heat treatment, welding, brazing, APS coating is desirable.
• Experience with 3-axis CNC programming, machining setup, CAM, or precision machining is preferred but not required.
• Familiarity with industry specifications, processes, and materials.
• Experience writing technical publications and repairs, designing alternate repair processes to achieve stated goals.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
• Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the USA.
• FAA mandated pre-employment drug & alcohol screening is required, as well as ongoing random testing.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, aerospace, or related engineering discipline is required.

This position may include access to controlled information or technology covered under applicable U.S. export control laws. As such, employment for this job position may be contingent on either verification that an applicant falls under the definition of a "U.S. Person" (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and those granted U.S. asylum or refugee status) or Barnes timely obtaining any necessary export license required under federal laws. The employer evaluates such export license situations on a case-by-case basis and may decline to proceed with a job applicant in its sole discretion.

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