Friction Stir Welding Equipment and Development Engineer (ES3)

Amentum•Huntsville, AL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) ESSCA Group offers a partnership in which you can grow personally and professionally with the advantages of strong leadership, competitive compensation, and rewarding career paths. Come join the team whose work is destined to have a long-range effect on future generations! The employee will be responsible for maintaining, repairing and controlling the configuration of hydraulically-powered friction stir welding and friction pull plug welding machines. The employee must develop an in-depth understanding of how the equipment works (customer will supply some formal, equipment-specific training to help accomplish this) and must be able to determine the root cause of failures, accomplish the required repairs, and identify intermediate solutions when permanent repairs can't be immediately accomplished. The employee must document problems, the related investigative techniques and corrective actions, and the results of the repair activities and communicate them to co-workers, company and customer personnel. Employee responsibilities also include developing lists of spare parts to be kept on hand and arranging for the parts to be obtained and then obtaining replacement spare parts when the parts on hand are used. The employee will become responsible for training other personnel to run these machines. The employee may also be responsible for planning and executing projects executed on these machines.

Requirements

Equivalent of a Masters in engineering from an ABET accredited institution, or a BS with at least 5 years of experience.
Methodical planning and execution of maintenance and trouble-shooting operations.
Experience with control systems, hydraulics and electromechanical systems.
Prior experience operating and maintaining MTS Systems Corporation/PaR/I-STIR friction stir welding equipment or MTS Systems Corporation multi-axis servohydraulic control systems.
Prior experience with friction stir welding process and/or manufacturing development.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.
Ability to operate a personal computer, a telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment.
Experience operating and/or maintaining I-STIR friction stir weld equipment, MTS multi-axis structural test systems or similar equipment.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Ability to make rational decisions.
Ability to exercise good judgment.

Responsibilities

Maintaining, repairing and controlling the configuration of hydraulically-powered friction stir welding and friction pull plug welding machines.
Developing an in-depth understanding of how the equipment works.
Determining the root cause of failures.
Accomplishing required repairs.
Identifying intermediate solutions when permanent repairs can't be immediately accomplished.
Documenting problems, related investigative techniques and corrective actions, and the results of repair activities.
Communicating documented information to co-workers, company and customer personnel.
Developing lists of spare parts to be kept on hand.
Arranging for spare parts to be obtained.
Obtaining replacement spare parts when parts on hand are used.
Training other personnel to run these machines.
Planning and executing projects executed on these machines.