Manufacturing Engineering Specialist III (Composites SME)

Gulfstream•Savannah, GA

5h•Onsite

About The Position

At Gulfstream, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in inspiring and empowering every individual to reach their fullest potential. From workforce development and meaningful connections to a culture of trust, respect, and integrity, we invest in our employees so they can do their best work and achieve success together. Creating and delivering the world’s finest aviation experience starts with our people and when our people thrive, so does our mission. This role is responsible for developing and implementing manufacturing and engineering projects to resolve critical problems, the solution of which requires significant process restructuring, major technological advances or extensive related development.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in engineering or a related curriculum required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
13 years in the specific technical discipline or 15 years broad engineering experience in several technical disciplines, or 11 years in the specific discipline with Masters degree, or 9 years in the specific discipline with PhD.
Extensive knowledge in aerospace composite manufacturing required.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Nice To Haves

Composites experience preferred
Experience in Non-Distructive/ Ultra Sonic testing preferred
Lean Six Sigma/ Green Belt certification highly preferred
SAP/Solumina/Smarteam/CATIA experience preferred
Advanced degree in engineering or related curriculum preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide and maintain detailed work instructions for the assigned manufacturing process.
Drive quality improvements, efficiency improvements, and material presentation enhancements.
Manage the daily work plan and provide metrics for quality and schedule performance.
Coordinate engineering and tooling changes as required to meet Operations goals.
Responsible for an entire manufacturing project of major complexity within established scope aimed at process development or improvement.
Make technical decisions and recommendations that are recognized as authoritative and have an important impact on extensive manufacturing activities or engineering projects related to manufacturing process development.
Provide technical assistance and training to Operations Engineers.
Apply advanced technical principles, theories and concepts based on broad expertise or unique specialized knowledge to manufacturing projects that affect the successful manufacture of the aircraft, installation of the systems or performance of the aircraft.
Lead the development of innovative principles and ideas regarding manufacturing processes in use or that could be applied to the existing processes.
Act independently to determine improved methods and/or procedures to optimize manufacturing processes, cost and schedule performance.
Develop standards and guidelines for diverse Operations Engineering activities.
Conceive and plan investigation of broad areas of importance for which manufacturing or engineering precedents are lacking in areas critical to the program.
Perform other duties as assigned.