Heat Treat & Materials Process Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own and support daily heat treat and weld engineering operations, ensuring processes consistently meet material, quality, and customer specifications.
• Develop, troubleshoot, and optimize thermal processes, including hardening, tempering, annealing, quenching, and controlled cooling, establishing appropriate furnace temperatures, soak times, and cooling rates.
• Lead pyrometry and heat treat process control activities in accordance with AMS 2750, NADCAP, and applicable internal standards.
• Maintain and optimize gas, vacuum, induction, and other heat treat equipment through equipment tuning, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and calibration practices.
• Evaluate heat-treated material and components for grain structure, hardness, surface/core defects, distortion, cracking, soft spots, and other process-related conditions, and develop corrective solutions.
• Support troubleshooting of manufacturing issues, including warping, cracking, distortion, and material property variation, and implement corrective actions to improve process performance.
• Develop, standardize, and improve welding processes and documentation, including Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), weld parameters, and related process controls.
• Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to establish, maintain, and standardize welding and heat treat processes in support of NADCAP accreditation and ongoing compliance.
• Investigate process and material defects, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions in collaboration with Quality and Operations.
• Provide technical guidance on material behavior, metallurgy, welding, heat treatment, and resulting material properties to manufacturing, quality, and other cross-functional teams.
• Create, maintain, and approve materials and process specifications, engineering documents, work instructions, material notes, and related technical documentation for aerospace materials and manufacturing processes.
• Manage documentation, traceability, and process records for heat treat and weld operations while ensuring compliance with applicable NADCAP, AS9100, ASTM, AMS, and customer requirements.
• Drive digitization and process improvements for manufacturing data and workflows using systems such as Solumina, SAP, and Teamcenter.
• Identify and implement improvements that increase process repeatability, reduce variation, improve quality, and increase manufacturing throughput.
• Develop technical solutions to complex manufacturing and materials problems requiring engineering judgment, ingenuity, and creative problem-solving.
• Work directly on the manufacturing shop floor to troubleshoot process bottlenecks, determine root causes, and implement practical engineering solutions.
• Support customer and internal engineering activities, including technical reviews, audits, corrective actions, and communication of complex technical concepts to cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Materials Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field, or 3–5 years of relevant aerospace/manufacturing experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in heat treatment, welding, materials engineering, or a related manufacturing environment; 3–5 years preferred for independent engineering responsibilities.
• Working knowledge of heat treat processes, pyrometry, and process controls, including AMS 2750 requirements.
• Familiarity with NADCAP Heat Treat and Welding, including pyrometry requirements and weld process qualification.
• Knowledge of applicable industry and aerospace standards, including AMS 2750, ASTM, MMPDS, CMH-17, AS9100, and related customer specifications.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or standardizing WPS, PQR, welding parameters, and welding process documentation is preferred.
• Experience working with SAP, Solumina, and Teamcenter or similar manufacturing and engineering systems.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex engineering tasks, troubleshoot manufacturing processes, and interface with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and technical writing skills, with the ability to communicate complex engineering concepts effectively.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and directly support shop-floor operations.
• Shop floor environment, which may include but not limited to extensive walking, and ability to lift up to 40 lbs.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• 5% travel is required.

Pay

$80,000 - $95,000

Schedule

• On-site, first shift position located in Windsor Locks, CT.
• Required working hours: 7:30am – 4:00pm.
• Must be able to commute to and from the location with your own transportation arrangements.

Benefits

• 401(K)
• 401(K) matching
• Dental Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision Insurance