Technical Advisor - Materials Engineer, Air-Launched Hypersonics Eglin AFB (near Destin/Fort Walton Beach)

We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes Company Description, Location, Experience, Clearance, Position Description, Key Responsibilities, Required Qualifications, Desired Qualifications. No explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should not include those sections. We need to map content to appropriate headings. We have: - About the role: Could be Position Description summary? Or Company Description? Usually "About the role" includes description of role. We'll put Position Description there. - Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities. - Requirements: Could be Clearance, Location, Experience? Or maybe "Required Qualifications". But we have separate sections for Qualifications and Skills. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide what goes where. We have Required Qualifications and Desired Qualifications. Could combine into Qualifications section (maybe split required vs desired). Skills could be derived from required qualifications like technical communication, collaboration, etc. But we should not invent. Better to put Required Qualifications under Qualifications, and maybe Desired Qualifications also under Qualifications (or separate?). Skills maybe not present explicitly; we could omit Skills section if no specific skills list. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine. Thus sections: - About the role: Position Description paragraph. - Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities list (bulleted). - Qualifications: Required Qualifications (maybe also Desired Qualifications). Could list both as sub-bullets? But we need to preserve all substantive info. We'll list Required Qualifications as bullet list, then Desired Qualifications as another bullet list under same section maybe with a note? Could also have two subheadings but not allowed (only those headings). So we can include both under Qualifications, maybe separate paragraphs: "Required Qualifications:" then list, then "Desired Qualifications:" then list. - Skills: Not present; we could omit. - Benefits, Pay, Schedule: omit. Also need to include Location, Experience, Clearance maybe under About the role or Requirements. The instruction: "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we have a heading "Requirements". Could place Location, Experience, Clearance there. That seems appropriate: Requirements section includes location, experience, clearance. Thus:

About the role

Position Description paragraph(s).

Responsibilities

• ... each responsibility.

Requirements

Location: Eglin AFB, FL (near Destin/Fort Walton Beach) with ability to travel 25%-50%. Experience: 10+ years supporting aerospace materials qualification, structural integration, non-destructive inspection, and materials operational service performance within DoD or related defense aerospace environments. Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required. Secret clearance required. Active clearance (TS/SCI) preferred.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• ... each required qualification.

Desired Qualifications:

• ... each desired qualification.

We must not repeat job title as heading. No mention of Job ID. We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. We must preserve ALL substantive information. Ensure we include all responsibilities, qualifications, etc. Let's extract details. Company Description: Could be omitted? It's substantive but not under any heading. Could be placed under About the role? Actually About the role is for role description, not company. But we could include company description in About the role? Might be okay but maybe better to include under About the role as introductory paragraph. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine company description and position description under About the role. Thus About the role section will contain company description + position description. Let's craft: Company Description: MACH-20 is a rapidly growing defense-focused technology advisory firm founded in 2019 with a mission to drive confidence into the battlespace. The team brings many centuries of combined experience in materials, manufacturing, systems engineering, and advanced technology R&D supporting critical U.S. Department of Defense operations. The company’s culture is grounded in core values of Integrity, Persistence, Adaptability, and Innovation, emphasizing respect for people, strategic thinking, and continuous improvement. MACH-20 partners with a diverse range of DoD agencies to help usher in cutting-edge technologies that enable today’s and tomorrow’s warfighters. The organization offers a collaborative environment for technical and strategic advisors who seek meaningful impact in national defense. Position Description: MACH-20 is seeking an accomplished and mission-driven Materials Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) and advisory support to a high-priority Air Force Air-Launched Hypersonics program. In this role, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor embedded within the government program office, supporting an enterprise leveraging advanced high-temperature structural systems, thermal protection materials, and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes. As a SETA advisory contractor, you will operate as an objective subject matter expert—evaluating prime contractor engineering data, monitoring advanced manufacturing and qualification campaigns, reviewing failure investigations, and assessing metallurgy, advanced composites, and environmental durability. While this position does not entail direct hands-on hardware design ownership, it requires significant technical depth and critical analysis to evaluate contractor deliverables, verify compliance with MIL-STDs and airworthiness standards, and ensure the hypersonic system meets stringent performance, quality, and lifecycle requirements. We'll combine into a paragraph or two. Responsibilities list: need to capture each bullet. Key Responsibilities: - Materials & Process Evaluation: Provide independent technical evaluation of aerospace alloys, refractory metals, polymer and ceramic matrix composites (PMCs/CMCs), carbon-carbon systems, and high-temperature adhesives utilized across the hypersonic vehicle airframe, leading edges, control surfaces, and internal payload subassemblies. - Technical Document & Design Review: Critically review prime contractor engineering drawings, Material and Process (M&P) specifications, qualification test plans, and Material Qualification Packages. Actively participate in major program milestones (SRR, PDR, CDR, PRR) to identify material capability gaps, producibility risks, and environmental limits. - Failure Analysis & Root Cause Investigation: Coordinate and support comprehensive failure analyses for developmental test articles, ground tests, and fabrication anomalies. Interface with government and contractor laboratories to evaluate fractography, metallographic mounts, and mechanical/thermal characterization data, driving robust root cause identification and corrective action tracking. - Corrosion Prevention & Environmental Protection: Oversee execution of the program’s Corrosion Prevention and Control Plan (CPCP). Evaluate protective coating architectures, anodizing, thermal barrier coatings, surface treatments, and sealant systems designed to withstand harsh captive-carry, storage, high-humidity coastal environments, and operational flight conditions. - Manufacturing Process Oversight: Assess and monitor advanced manufacturing workflows, such as autoclave and out-of-autoclave composite curing, specialized welding/brazing, precision forging, and additive manufacturing (AM), verifying process repeatability, statistical process control, and compliance with rigorous aerospace quality standards. - Testing and Standards Compliance: Review and guide qualification test matrices, coupon-to-component test plans, and environmental screening protocols (e.g., aerothermal, thermal shock, vibration, humidity, salt fog) in accordance with MIL-STD-810, MMPDS, CMH-17, and ASTM standards. - Supply Chain and Obsolescence Mitigation: Track supply chain vulnerabilities, critical raw material availability, and single-source chemical or precursor dependencies. Provide actionable technical recommendations and candidate alternatives to mitigate Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS). Now Requirements: location, experience, clearance. Location: Eglin AFB, FL (near Destin/Fort Walton Beach) with ability to travel 25%-50% Experience: 10+ years supporting aerospace materials qualification, structural integration, non-destructive inspection, and materials operational service performance within DoD or related defense aerospace environments Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required. Secret clearance required. Active clearance (TS/SCI) preferred. We could also include that experience includes at least 2 years directly supporting DoD weapons systems, tactical missiles, guided munitions, or high-performance aircraft structures. That's from Required Qualifications actually. Wait that is part of Required Qualifications. So we need to separate. Actually the Required Qualifications list includes: - Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related discipline from an ABET-accredited institution. - Minimum of 10 years of professional materials and process (M&P) engineering experience, including at least 2 years directly supporting DoD weapons systems, tactical missiles, guided munitions, or high-performance aircraft structures. - Demonstrated technical expertise across aerospace structural metals, advanced composites, and protective surface treatments, including experience interpreting mechanical testing, characterization data, and metallographic evaluations. - In-depth working knowledge of military and industry aerospace standards (e.g., MIL-STDs, MIL-HDBK-516, ASTM, AMS, AWS, MMPDS). - Proven ability to collaborate effectively within multi-disciplinary integrated product teams (IPTs), including aerodynamics, thermal, structural, guidance & control, and manufacturing specialists. - Superior technical communication and writing skills, with proven ability to distill complex engineering findings into clear, actionable executive summaries and recommendations for government program leadership. - Active DoD Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance. Desired Qualifications: - Master of Science or Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, or related discipline. - Direct experience with extreme-environment materials and thermal protection systems (TPS) applicable to hypersonic flight regimes (e.g., carbon-carbon composites, CMCs, ultra-high-temperature ceramics, ablatives, and refractory alloys). - Working knowledge of non-destructive inspection/evaluation (NDI/NDE) methodologies, including phased-array ultrasonics, computed tomography/radiography, and eddy current inspection for composite and additively manufactured components. - Familiarity with DoD acquisition lifecycle processes (DoD 5000 series), airworthiness certification criteria (MIL-HDBK-516), and SETA/A&AS advisory roles within Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) or Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) program offices. Thus the Requirements section should contain location, experience, clearance? But the experience and clearance are also in Required Qualifications. To avoid duplication, we need to decide where to place each piece. The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we must include all info, but we can organize logically without duplication. However duplication is okay if it's present in source? The source has experience and clearance both in the top bullet list (Location, Experience, Clearance) and also in Required Qualifications. Actually the top bullet list includes "Experience: 10+ years supporting aerospace materials qualification, structural integration, non-destructive inspection, and materials operational service performance within DoD or related defense aerospace environments" and "Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required. Secret clearance required. Active clearance (TS/SCI) preferred." The Required Qualifications includes more detailed experience (including at least 2 years directly supporting DoD weapons systems...) and clearance (Active DoD Secret security clearance with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI). So there is overlap but also extra detail. We should include both sets, but we must avoid repeating identical sentences. We can combine. Thus Requirements section could contain location, experience (general), clearance (general). Then Qualifications section contains required and desired qualifications (including the detailed experience and clearance). That would cause some duplication of experience