Senior Materials & Process Engineer — Surfaces & Coatings

RTX; Kansas; On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Program

Life insurance

Job summary

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

In a fast-paced environment you will drive innovation in materials characterization and analysis to improve key performance metrics, collaborating with Manufacturing, Quality and Design Engineering to resolve nonconformances.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Materials Science or Chemistry; minimum 5 years experience or Advanced Degree with minimum 3 years of experience.
• Experience with chemical processing operations (cleaning, pickling, passivation, chromate, anodizing).
• Experience with surface finishing processes (paint, coatings, sealants, masking, surface prep or curing).
• Experience with chemical processing, adhesive bonding or sealant processes.
• Experience with material characterization methods (SEM, EDS, CT scan, fatigue testing, corrosion analysis).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for surface finishing, chemical processing and bonding processes; establish process parameters and controls.
• Support troubleshooting of adhesion, coating thickness, cure, contamination and surface conditions.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Operations and Design Engineering to investigate nonconformances and implement corrective actions.
• Develop, optimize, qualify, and standardize processes to improve yield, quality, throughput, material utilization and cost.
• Lead continuous improvement to reduce scrap, rework and process variation.
• Develop and maintain process specifications, work instructions, controls and best practices.
• Support qualification of new materials, suppliers, methods, equipment and processes.
• Lead root-cause analysis for process-related defects and nonconformances.
• Support new product introduction, PFMEA, control plans and production readiness.
• Ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, environmental, safety and industry requirements.

Job description

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

In a fast-paced environment you will drive innovation in materials characterization and analysis to improve key performance metrics, collaborating with Manufacturing, Quality and Design Engineering to resolve nonconformances.