Sr. Composite Applications Engineer

Hexcel Corporation•Salt Lake City, UT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Hexcel is seeking a Sr. Composite Applications Engineer in Salt Lake City, Utah. The role conducts research in aerospace composite materials and manufacturing, including autoclave processing, out-of-autoclave (OOA), resin transfer molding (RTM), automated fiber placement (AFP), compression molding, and stamping. It also involves designing and building equipment for composite fabrication. The engineer represents Hexcel products to customers, helps them process Hexcel materials into advanced composite parts, and produces demonstrators using Hexcel products. The position serves as a communications liaison between customers and internal Hexcel teams, including customer business teams, production, marketing, and R&D. The role evaluates customer proposal requests, prepares requests for information and quotes, investigates processing technologies, keeps current with technical literature, and publishes scientific papers. It also involves engagement with academia and customers and regular attendance at professional conferences as a subject matter expert on Hexcel products. Travel of up to 20% is required. Eligible candidates must meet one of the U.S. immigration-status categories listed in the posting.

Requirements

A relevant degree in a composite-related field, such as materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, composites engineering, manufacturing engineering, or aerospace engineering, together with significant industrial experience in composite materials and processing techniques; aerospace part manufacturing experience is preferred.
Experience level of 3 or more years with a Ph.D., 5 or more years with a master's degree, or 8 or more years with a bachelor's degree.
Hands-on experience building composite parts using techniques such as OOA, RTM, AFP, hand layup, compression molding, or stamp forming.
Ability to innovate ideas and processes that advance composite materials and development.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 20%.
Ability to communicate technical information to experts and non-experts, work cross-functionally with R&D and business teams, and interact with customers, peers, and academia.
Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, qualifying temporary resident under sections 210(a) or 245(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, person admitted in refugee status, or person granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

Aerospace composite experience, including composite design, composite tool design, or automation.
Experience in aerospace part manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Research aerospace composite materials and manufacturing processes, including autoclave processing, OOA, RTM, AFP, compression molding, and stamping.
Design and build equipment for composite fabrication.
Represent Hexcel products to customers and help customers understand how to process the materials into composite parts.
Produce demonstrators using Hexcel products.
Liaise between key customers and Hexcel customer business, production, marketing, and R&D teams.
Evaluate customer proposal requests and author requests for information and quotes.
Investigate new processing technologies, stay current with technical literature, and publish scientific papers.
Interact with academia and customers and attend professional conferences as a subject matter expert on Hexcel products.
Travel and work with customers to demonstrate the benefits of Hexcel materials and processes.
Research and understand competitive materials, technologies, and processes.
Assist and influence internal R&D teams in developing materials driven by industry knowledge for specific applications or technology needs.
Present a reliable and respectable image of the company to customers.