Manufacturing Engineer III - AAT

Austal USA•Danville, VA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Austal USA Advanced Technologies (AAT) is a division of Austal USA, a global defense prime contractor and a designer and manufacturer of defense and commercial ships. Austal USA AAT works at the forefront to invent, mature, and implement advanced maritime technologies which enhance operational capacities and improve readiness of our defense systems. Austal USA AAT operates a technology hub in Charlottesville VA which works to bring cutting-edge manufacturing technologies to scale and also oversees operation of the U.S. Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM COE) located in Danville, VA. The mission of the AM COE is to operationalize additive manufacturing in the submarine industrial base and provide emergent request support to sustain our Nation’s fleet. As a Manufacturing Engineer III, you’ll play a pivotal role in the production work being performed at the Navy’s AM COE in Danville AAT. You’ll be responsible for the technical leadership of assigned projects, including supporting the Navy as they develop new technical requirements for additive manufacturing of parts. As a member of our team, you’ll be part of a dynamic environment where creativity, expertise, and impact converge. We invite you to join us in building the next generation of submarines.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Minimum five years’ experience in Manufacturing (Additive Manufacturing preferred).
Demonstrated knowledge reading of prints, technical documentation and customer requirements.
Experience in identifying and anticipating design/production work sequence conflicts required.
CAD.
Familiar with additive manufacturing, welding, machining, metrology, destructive testing, non-destructive testing, heat treatment, military specifications.
Excellent written and oral communication skills required.

Responsibilities

Responsible for technical leadership of assigned tasks set by the Operations Manager.
Review statements of work from customers, review technical drawings, and identify applicable MIL-STD or other technical specifications and convey understanding to Production Team members.
Define, generate and review project technical requirements and documentation with Operations.
Assess technical feasibility of the project and identify additional resources which may be needed to fulfill requirements and meet deliverables of customer.
Determine the relevance of existing, standard requirements and their level of appropriateness for additively manufactured components.
Monitor assigned tasks and their deliverables to ensure technical work scopes are well defined and maintained.
Oversee and direct the technical work of assigned personnel to related projects.
Conduct and attend meetings as required.
Support resolution of engineering, material, process and planning issues.
Support implementation of improved engineering processes.
Provide the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensure all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
Gather and analyze shop performance metrics in order to support a recommended plan of action for production.
Develop and maintain performance throughput metrics for all areas of the AMCOE to assist in process improvement.
Prepares complex written and/or graphic materials to convey information to internal and external customers.
Assist in the identification and implementation of improvements to processes.
Maximize the efficiency of equipment and personnel.
Support department improvement initiatives.
Provide motivation, maintain morale, minimize confrontation and encourage positive communication and flexibility within the team.
Other duties as assigned.