Senior Materials & Process Engineer — Coatings & Bonding Lead

Prattwhitney; Stoneybrook (NC); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, seeks a Sr. Materials & Process Engineer to lead material selection, qualification and process integration across the Wilson, NC site.

You will drive innovation in materials characterization and analysis to improve key performance metrics in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Operations and Design Engineering to investigate nonconformances, perform root-cause analyses, and implement corrective

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Engineering, Materials Science or Chemistry and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• Direct experience with chemical processing operations, such as cleaning, pickling, passivation, chromate, anodizing, or related chemical surface treatments.
• Direct experience with surfacing finishing processes such as paint, coatings, sealants, masking, surface preparation or curing.
• Direct experience with chemical processing, adhesive bonding, or sealant processes.
• Direct experience with material characterization methods such as SEM, EDS, CT scan, fatigue testing or corrosion analysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for surface finishing and chemical processing, establishing process parameters, controls and acceptance criteria.
• Troubleshoot issues involving adhesion, coating thickness, cure, contamination and surface preparation.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Operations and Design Engineering to investigate nonconformances and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and standardize processes to improve yield, quality and throughput; lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support qualification of new materials, suppliers, application methods, equipment and processes.

Skills

Surface finishing

Chemical processing

Material characterization

Root-cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Education

Engineering, Materials Science or Chemistry degree

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

SEM

EDS

CT scan

PFMEA

Job description

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, seeks a Sr. Materials & Process Engineer to lead material selection, qualification and process integration across the Wilson, NC site.

You will drive innovation in materials characterization and analysis to improve key performance metrics in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Operations and Design Engineering to investigate nonconformances, perform root-cause analyses, and implement corrective