Aerospace Welding Engineer

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Company Profile

Amentum is a premier global leader in designing, engineering, managing, and modernizing critical systems and programs of national significance across defense, security, intelligence, energy, and the environment.

Job Profile

The company is looking for an Aerospace Welding Engineer who will support to the NASA EM32 Welding & Manufacturing (W&M) team under the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract with the NASA MSFC Engineering Directorate.

Education Level

• BS Degree in Welding Engineering or related field from an ABET-accredited university is required. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a minimum of a BS degree.

Work Experience

• The selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain permission to operate customer-owned vehicles in support of work activities.
• The selected candidate must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license, and automobile liability insurance and complete a company defensive driving training class.
• Relevant candidate work experience will be evaluated against ESSCA contract engineering labor categories.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Conduct research and development investigations to develop and test new welding processes and procedures, improve existing or develop new welding equipment, develop new or modify current welding methods, techniques, and procedures, discover new patterns of welding phenomena, or correlate and substantiate hypotheses.
• Develop welding techniques, procedures, and application of welding equipment to problems involving fabrication of metals, utilizing knowledge of production specifications, properties and characteristics of metals and metal alloys, and engineering principles.
• Establish welding procedures to guide production and welding personnel relating to specification restrictions, material processes, and pre-and post-weld heating requirements which involve the use of complex alloys, unusual fabrication methods, and welding of critical joints.
• Help other EM32 W&M Team customers understand and resolve problems related to their welding manufacturing processes.
• Perform experimental welding to evaluate new equipment, techniques, and materials.
• Prepare technical reports resulting from research and development.
• Serve as project lead engineer to manage specific assigned customer welding development and manufacturing development projects.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

Obtain Safety Certifications-

• Welding Safety-
• ANSI/AWS D17.1/D17.1M:2017-AMD2, “Specification for Fusion Welding for Aerospace Applications.”
• ANSI/AWS D17.3/D17.3M:2021, “Specification for Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloys for Aerospace Applications.”

Desired, but not Required-

• NASA-STD-6016, “Standard Materials and Processes Requirements for Spacecraft.”
• NASA-STD-5006, “General Fusion Welding Requirements for Aerospace Materials Used in Flight Hardware.”
• MSFC-SPEC-3679, “Process Specification – Welding Aerospace Hardware.”

Work Environment

• General office environment (40%), industrial welding/manufacturing development laboratory/machine shop (60%).
• Requires ability to interact effectively with co-workers, managers, and clients.
• Requires ability to provide clear, concise, and accurate communications, both verbally and in writing (50%).
• Travel may be necessary, but infrequent (<5%)

Physical Requirements

• Requires sitting for extended periods in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASA facilities to discuss technical issues (10%).
• Requires sitting for extended periods at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks (30%).
• Requires standing, sitting, and walking in a lab environment with hazards that require wearing safety glasses, a hard hat, hearing protection, foot protection, gloves, or protective clothing to perform some operations (60%).
• Work will be performed on-site at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (100%).
• Use of stairs or elevators can gain access to buildings will be required.
• Some work requires using stairs or ladders to access elevated work platforms.
• Positions can require lifting or maneuvering materials or equipment weighing up to 40 lbs.

Benefits/Perks

• The comprehensive benefits package includes wellness programs, 11 paid holidays, parental leave, paid time off, employee perks, and much more.

Employer’s Statement

Amentum is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company provides equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.