Process Engineer

Responsibilities:

1.Evaluate potential applications for friction welding

2.Determine weld parameters and machine settings based on materials and joining geometry

3. Ability to prepare and perform metallurgical samples and assess metallurgy

4. Make recommendations to engineering or the customer for component redesign to optimize friction welding design

5. Determine material and equipment requirements for development and production jobs.

6. Prepare proposals and quotations for feasibility, development, sample and production welding

Preferred Skills / Competencies:

1.Ability to apply accepted methodologies related to problem solving and design/manufacturing robustness (8-D, Six Sigma) as a normal course of completing assignments.

2. Ability to prepare and perform metallurgical samples and assess metallurgy

3. Previous experience in Research & Development or process development.

Required Education/ Experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Welding Engineering and/or Materials required. Advanced degree preferred.

2. 2-3 years in an engineering or technically oriented role directly related to friction welding or some solid-state joining process.

3. 2-3 years as a Process Engineer, or similar technical role, related to process definition, development and improvement

4. Knowledge related to DFM (design for manufacture) and DOE (design of experiments) methodology