Lead Materials R&D Technician (Materials Lab - Characterization)
About The Position
This individual will be a key team member focusing on daily lab operations to support material & process developments, failure investigations, process control validation, and more. Hands-on lab experience in an aerospace testing laboratory setting is required along with strong skills in setting up, operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting laboratory equipment. The ideal candidate is highly skilled in assigning daily work, conducting team training, enforcing safety standards, and complete complex testing as needed. Success in this role will require being hands-on, flexible, a quick learner, organized, detail-oriented, and having a collaborative, can-do attitude.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- 3+ years of experience working in an aerospace testing laboratory performing characterization testing with a focus on thermal instrumentation (i.e. DMA, TMA, DSC, TGA, LFA, etc.)
- Experience scheduling work and coordinating competing priorities
- Experience managing a team, people, or projects
Nice To Haves
- Proficient with computers with the ability to use MS Office, shop floor management software (ERP) and related programs
- Familiarity with multiple departments within SpaceX
- Familiarity with ASTM standard testing
- Leadership or mentoring experience
Responsibilities
- Daily assignment of work, ensuring proper balancing and bandwidth across the team
- Directly interface, coordinate, and align with area supervisor on weekly testing goals
- Conduct training to advance skillset of team members
- Enforce area safety and organization requirements and standards of work
- Be proactive in auditing the lab for hazards, create safety nets, and follow through in bringing solutions to completions
- Model correct behaviors for taking care of the physical lab space and equipment and enforce this across the team
- Coordinate calibration and maintenance to minimize tool/test downtime
- Work with Supervisor on the team’s personnel training and development plans
- Identify and remove blockers that impact daily and weekly testing goals (i.e. stepping in to help, reverse shadowing, providing direct guidance, escalating, etc.)
- Propose and develop improvement projects (i.e. shop aids, potential process changes, tooling modifications, etc.) that improve testing efficiency, general safety, data quality, reliability, asset integrity and utilization, etc.
- Coordinate with internal customers to ensure that work is prioritized appropriately
- Complete personal queue of complex and advanced testing requests as necessary to support customers/team’s workload
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 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
- Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
