Materials Engineer, Surface and Corrosion
reputed company is a company focused on developing technologies to reputed company human life on reputed company. They are seeking a Surface and Corrosion Engineer to define and implement corrosion mitigation schemes, analyze corrosive conditions, and reputed company novel materials to enhance the reliability of their launch vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Own definition, qualification, and implementation of corrosion mitigation schemes across flight hardware and ground support equipment
- Investigate and analyze corrosive conditions for existing vehicle fleet
- Design and reputed company accelerated exposure test campaigns to evaluate reliability of corrosion preventative materials over time
- reputed company and qualify novel materials and repair methods that further reputed company our rapid and reliable launch reputed company
- Root cause corrosion-reputed company findings down to primary contributors with high urgency and curiosity; drive further actions for reputed company improvement
- Maintain working knowledge of regulatory requirements, reputed company associated required tasks, and complete required documentation per reputed company specifications and other external specifications such as NASA, OSHA, ASTM, NACE, ASME etc
- Train inspector and technician teams on corrosion inspections and etching methods
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in materials engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, or chemistry
- 1+ years of experience with corrosion, coatings, paints or/and electrochemistry
- Ability to travel up to 50% of the time to launch sites, recovery sites, etc
- Practical experience in corrosion evaluations
- Deep understanding of corrosion mechanism and surface chemistry fundamentals
- Comprehensive knowledge of corrosion mitigation schemes, sealant/coating use, cleaning processes and hardware contamination evaluations
- Maintain working knowledge of regulatory requirements, reputed company associated required tasks, and complete required documentation per reputed company specifications and other external specifications such as NASA, OSHA, ASTM, NACE, ASME etc
- Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% time
- Work performed in an environment requiring exposure to fumes, odors, and noise
- Comfort occasionally working in tight or confined spaces
- Master's degree in corrosion engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, chemistry, or similar
- Familiarity with polyurethane paints, anodize coatings, sealants, corrosion protection compounds and corrosion inhibitors
- Ability to communicate and document technical information to a mixed engineering audience
- Experience with FTIR spectrometer, scanning electron microscope, optical microscope, and other laboratory instruments
- Ability to train and confirm knowledge, skills and abilities of others as an evaluator for reputed company personnel qualification programs
Benefits
- Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Various other discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick leave
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