Industrialization Engineer

About the role

The Industrialization Engineer position at Hexcel’s Salt Lake City, UT, USA site is dedicated to supporting R&D efforts for both internal and external customers. This role involves maintaining and managing pilot prepreg processing equipment, conducting process continuous improvement, quality control, safety measures, equipment maintenance, raw material procurement, and meeting schedules. Additionally, the role includes investigating and designing new prepreg processing equipment and technologies, leading new product development efforts, and training and developing technicians.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage pilot prepreg processing equipment and activities to support R&D efforts for internal and external customers
• Investigate and design new prepreg processing equipment and technologies to produce next generation composite materials
• Lead new product development efforts to scale fiber, resin, film, and prepreg products from pilot scale to production scale within Hexcel facilities
• Support product development efforts with internal R&D staff, Product Management, and Technical Development Management
• Translate customer needs into actual targets and products, work cross-functionally in a collaborative team environment
• Apply design of experiment concepts to hypothesis testing, perform measurement system analyses on new and existing IPC tests, apply statistical principles such as frequency distribution, ANOVA, and regression to scientific principles
• Write technical reports, collect and analyze data, maintain attention to detail, and meet deadlines
• Understand engineering requirements, safety requirements, standard operating procedures, and maintenance instructions
• Use competent computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and team collaboration software (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint), and have experience in SolidWorks and Minitab
• Communicate effectively with all levels of personnel in different groups in both written and oral forms, and carry out written and/or oral instructions and procedures

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, engineering, or a related science; strong preference for chemical, material science, or mechanical engineers
• 5+ years of industry experience, preferably in a production, pilot, or research environment. Industry experience with composite product scale up preferred
• Excellent communication skills, ability to translate customer needs into actual targets and products, self-starter, ability to work cross-functionally in a collaborative team environment
• Ability to apply design of experiment concepts to hypothesis testing, perform measurement system analyses on new and existing IPC tests, apply statistical principles such as frequency distribution, ANOVA, and regression to scientific principles
• Green Belt training and/or certification strongly preferred
• Technical report writing, data collection/analysis, strong attention to detail, and ability to set and meet deadlines
• Competent computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and ability to use team collaboration software (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint)
• Experience in SolidWorks and Minitab is preferred
• Able to communicate with all levels of personnel in different groups in both written and oral forms and able to carry out written and/or oral instructions and procedures