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GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

This position is for a degreed and experienced welding and additive engineer to support the welding, additive manufacturing, and heat treating related operations in a FAA repair station.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform the duties of the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on welding (EBW & GTAW), additive (LMD-w, LMD-P), and heat treatment processes. • Plan and perform welding substantiation tests in compliance with customer requirements to yield robust welding procedures and practices. • Provide oversight and/or perform machine and performance certifications. • Programming of EB Weld and DED equipment for tool pathing and parameters. • Create engineering & quality process control procedures for welding, additive, heat treating, and pyrometry. • Create and execute technical test plans both in house and at remote supplier facilities. • Perform complex data analysis to develop and optimize complex engineering processes. • Produce test reports for both internal and external customers. • Support welding, additive, and heat treating operations to ensure compliance with engineering requirements for consumables, equipment specifications & start-up, tooling design, instrumentation, calibration, training and planning. • Supports and complies with all EH&S, behaviour and export compliance policies and procedures. • Will be required to supervise and/or train other engineering staff. • Must practice and help enforce safety considerations in adherence to company standards at all times.

Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications: • PhD, MS, or BS degree in a relevant engineering material joining or deposition technologies • 5+ years of related aerospace component manufacturing or repair experience • 4+ years of EBW low voltage process experience including programming & equipment operation • 2+ years of GTAW precision welding experience on titanium alloys • 2+ years of directed energy additive manufacturing processes • Experience with tool path programming of multi axis motion systems • Knowledge and experience in metallurgical evaluations with emphasis on titanium alloys • Training & experience on RCCA and process failure analysis methods • Experience in working to engineering & quality compliance documents; standard practice manuals, repair manual, substantiation procedures, aerospace engine and structures process control specifications and industry standards • Experience with machine and performance qualification system to AWS D17.1 • Experience in training welders and welding operators in EBW and GTAW • Technical writing and verbal communication skills in English • Knowledge and experience with common aerospace NDE processes • Experience with business and data analysis software; MS Office and qualification control/SPC programs • Experience in the design and execution of design of experiment process development and optimization • Able to work in an industrial manufacturing environment • Must be a US person or US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications: • Advanced degree in related engineering discipline • Programming and operation training on Sciaky EB welding machines • Experience in CFMI, GE, PWA and other engine MRO environment • Experience with SAP ERP software systems • Knowledge/Practice of ISO 9001

Travel Requirement

Must be able and willing to travel 20%-40% both domestic & internationally

Compensation Range

The Compensation range for this position is between $99,716 - 124,645.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology. ​

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