Senior Materials and Process Engineer
About the role
At Wisk, we're transforming the future of urban mobility through safe, all-electric, autonomous flight. We are a passionate team working together toward a sustainable future, solving high-impact problems that have never been solved before. By delivering everyday flight for everyone, we're making it possible to spend less time getting there and more time being there. We are looking for a Senior Materials & Process Engineer to join our team to help develop the materials and processes for composite structures, metallic components, and assemblies for Wisk’s Gen6 aircraft program. You will be part of the M&P and Liaison Engineering team responsible for material selection efforts, material qualification test programs, material & process specifications, engineering design reviews, manufacturing / quality support and non-conformance dispositions, and mechanical & thermal testing of materials.
Responsibilities
- Help author and revise material and process specifications to support Gen 6 aircraft production
- Help author test plans and test reports for various material qualification test programs
- Provide manufacturing support, take part in root cause analysis, help disposition non-conforming hardware
- Perform mechanical strength testing on test coupons using Instron mechanical test machines
- Perform thermal analysis testing to determine glass transition temperature and degree of cure for various materials
- Perform cross-sectional image analysis to determine void content of composite parts
- Perform layup and curing of composite prepreg test coupons
- Perform bonding for bonded joint test coupons
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM Degree) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional or Military experience or a MS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM Degree) and 3 years of relevant Professional / Military experience
- Have experience with materials for airframe structures, including composite materials, adhesives, metals
- Familiar with materials properties and behaviors, testing, processes for aircraft structural parts
- Have experience developing test plans, specifications, and qualifications of materials and processes
- Familiar with CAD software such as Siemens NX (preferred), Solidworks, etc.
- Familiar with specifications, test plans, CMH-17
- Experience supporting manufacturing, including disposition of hardware non-conformances
Qualifications
- Familiar with aircraft certification and aerospace development best practices and standards
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