Senior Aerospace Welding Engineer — Space Structures

TriVector Services, Inc.; Huntsville, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

TriVector Services, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama, is seeking a Senior Aerospace Welding Engineer to lead welding development and manufacturing projects for large aluminum aerospace structures.

You will apply fusion welding and friction stir welding, develop procedures, and work with MES and customer engineers to resolve complex fabrication challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in welding engineering or equivalent with extensive aerospace welding experience.
• 20+ years of experience for BS or 18+ years for MS in related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop welding techniques, procedures, and application of welding equipment for fabrication of metals.
• Conduct R&D to develop/test new welding processes and equipment.
• Prepare technical reports from R&D results.
• Establish welding procedures guiding production and welding personnel.
• Evaluate new welding developments for applications.
• Direct technical personnel in inspections to ensure compliance with procedures.
• Exchange information and provide technical guidance on welding matters.
• Perform experimental welding to evaluate new equipment and materials.
• Serve as project lead engineer for welding development projects.
• Assist customers in resolving welding manufacturing process issues.

Skills

Welding engineering

Aerospace welding

Project leadership

Fabrication processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Welding Engineering

20+ years experience OR Master's with 18+ years

Tools

MES

Job description

Description

TriVector Services, Inc. provides quality aerospace engineering solutions to complex problems through a renowned team of engineering professionals. We are a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned, SBA-certified Small Business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Our experienced team is dedicated to building lasting partnerships based on professional integrity and sound engineering principles. TriVector's Experience and exceptional Performance adds measurable Value to every project. TriVector Services, Inc., is seeking qualified candidates to fill our Senior Aerospace Welding Engineer position.

This position is part of the Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) support to the NASA EM32 Welding & Manufacturing (W&M) team under the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract to the NASA MSFC Engineering Directorate. The primary focus of this position is manufacturing large aluminum aerospace structures using fusion welding and friction stir welding processes. The Senior Aerospace Welding Engineer will serve as an expert for welding and welding manufacturing projects and work integrally with JSEG and customer engineers and engineering technicians. The selected candidate will provide professional, consultation, technical and specialty skill services as needed to resolve unprecedented and/or complex problems pertaining to design, development, analysis, integration, evaluation, testing, and verification of welding and welding manufacturing processes. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop welding techniques, procedures, and application of welding equipment to problems involving fabrication of metals, utilizing knowledge of production specifications, properties and characteristics of metals and metal alloys, and engineering principles.
• Conduct research and development investigations to develop and test new welding processes and procedures, improve existing or develop new welding equipment, develop new or modify current welding methods, techniques, and procedures, discover new patterns of welding phenomena, or to correlate and substantiate hypotheses.
• Prepare technical reports resulting from research and development.
• Establish welding procedures to guide production and welding personnel relating to specification restrictions, material processes, pre- and post-weld heating requirements which involve use of complex alloys, unusual fabrication methods and welding of critical joints.
• Evaluate new developments in welding field for possible application to current welding problems or production processes.
• Direct and coordinate technical personnel in performing inspections to ensure workers' compliance with established welding procedures, restrictions, and standards.
• Exchange ideas, information, or offer technical advice concerning welding matters.
• Perform experimental welding to evaluate new equipment, techniques, and materials.
• Serve as project lead engineer to manage specific assigned customer welding development and manufacturing development projects.
• Help other EM32 W&M Team customers understand and resolve problems related to their welding manufacturing processes.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• This is a welding engineering position, so education and experience relevant to this position will be evaluated from that perspective. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a minimum of a Bachelor of Science with at least 20 years of experience, or a Master’s degree with at least 18 years of experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain permission to operate customer-owned vehicles in support of work activities. The selected candidate must possess and maintain a valid driver's license, automobile liability insurance and successfully complete a company defensive driving training class.
• Must have previous exposure to the following responsibilities:
• Manufacturing large, welded aluminum aerospace structures.
• Developing inputs into paperless (electronic) manufacturing execution systems (MES) or helping perform work under MES.
• Identifying and documenting manufacturing nonconformances.
• Resolving manufacturing nonconformances under oversight boards.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience working with the following specifications and standards or industry equivalents is desired:
• NASA-STD-6016, “Standard Materials and Processes Requirements for Spacecraft.”
• NASA-STD-5006, “General Fusion Welding Requirements for Aerospace Materials Used in Flight Hardware.”
• MSFC-SPEC-3679, “Process Specification – Welding Aerospace Hardware.”

Disability Accommodation for Applicants – TriVector Services, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, or any other reason, please call us at [phone] or email [e-mail] for assistance.