Senior Casting Process Engineer

The Product Engineering team is dedicated to manufacturing quality aerospace gas turbine engine components, with a focus on hot section blades & vanes.

In this role, engineers take part in ownership and responsibility throughout the entire manufacturing process, specializing in investment casting of nickel-based superalloys.

A Senior Process Engineer focuses on the manufacture of aerospace components using the investment casting process, specifically vacuum-cast superalloy components.    This position focuses on several needs and advanced planning in the production engineering area: leveraging experience towards New Product development, applying historical knowledge to problem solving and implementing improvements on a broad scale.

Responsibilities:

New product development


* Determine manufacturing methods and processes to produce new components to customer specifications and business-driven timelines


* Collaborate with design engineers to provide rapid feedback of manufacturing capabilities paired with design intent


* Coordinate with program managers and local project managers to define, align with and adjust tasks and timelines


* Communicate effectively across various organizational levels regarding production details with operations up to senior corporate leadership concerning program status and technical details.

Cross-product manufacturing improvements


* Identify improvements across general process practices to positively impact large product groups simultaneously


* Collaborate with operations supervisors, leads and floor operators to improve ease of process, improve workflow and speed, and reduce defects and defect opportunities


* Own, manage and facilitate process improvement activities.

 

Education and Experience:



* Engineering Degree or equivalent experience, with a history of developing and manufacturing the production of cast aerospace components.


* Minimum 5 years of direct experience with casting processes and stages, and interactions with key metallurgical and dimensional customer specifications.


* Proven track record of successfully developing aerospace superalloy components and managing product portfolios.


* Proficient in MS Office Suite and with Six Sigma Methods & Tools, and Associated Engineering Statistical Methods.


* Self-Motivated with an ownership mentality.