Engineer, Metallic Materials & Processes

Otto Aerospace•Fort Worth, TX

3h•Onsite

About The Position

Otto Aerospace is seeking an Engineer, Metallic Materials and Processes to join their team. The ideal candidate will have an interest in materials and processes and a willingness to learn, comfortable working from first principles, and effective in a team environment. This role is within the Materials and Processes department, which advises on material selection, properties, and best practices, authors governing documents, test documents, and specifications for aircraft materials and processes, and interfaces with manufacturing suppliers to ensure compliance with Otto's requirements.

Requirements

B.S. in Material Science, Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent
3-5+ years of aircraft metallic M&P experience (or 2+ with M.S.)
Knowledge of industry standard materials and processes for metallic (required) and non-metallic (a plus) materials.
Knowledge of metallic material fabrication techniques, such as machining, welding and sheetmetal forming
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Active Listening: Practice to gain insight and truly understand all project stakeholders.
Critical Thinking: Make prompt, informed and value-based decisions for the project.
Organization: Focus on agenda, schedules, frameworks, and methodologies, as well as communicating tasks, updates, progress, and blockers.
Problem Solving: Assess issues from different vantage points and formulate the best solution in addressing specific challenges.
Self-Motivation: Exude highest level of commitment and motivation to see it through from start to finish.
Teamwork and Team Building: Establish a collaborative culture where people with unique personalities and skills happily work together and accountable to shared goal.
Strong Business Communication: Use the right language, tone and storytelling techniques when communicating, describing, or explaining issues over email, chat, reports, presentations and other forms and channels of communication.
Ability to work with domestic/international supplies/partners effectively
Must be able to stand on feet and walk around for extended periods of time, sit at desk for prolonged periods of time and work on computer, and must be able to lift up to 20 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of non-metallic materials

Responsibilities

Provide guidance on matters relating to metallic materials and process to the Design and Manufacturing teams during product development and operation including fasteners and hardware.
Provide guidance to the Design team regarding metallic material corrosion protection, heat treatment, coatings and finishes.
Author materials and process specifications, test plans and reports.
Support multi-disciplinary configuration development and trade studies.
Review engineering definition for release in the product lifecycle system (PLM).