+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Job Responsibilities | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | +------------------------------+ | | | | We are looking for | | | | | exceptional engineers with | | | | | industrial experience and | | | | | interest in materials | | | | | science, metallurgy, and | | | | | structural mechanics as they | | | | | apply to design. The ideal | | | | | candidate will have the | | | | | passion, creativity, and | | | | | skills to support a broad | | | | | range of RandD in a | | | | | multi-disciplinary | | | | | environment. The successful | | | | | candidate will provide the | | | | | materials science expertise | | | | | needed to ensure that | | | | | innovative designs will meet | | | | | high performance | | | | | requirements in demanding | | | | | environments. Projects begin | | | | | with concept development and | | | | | proceed through analysis, | | | | | mechanical design, | | | | | fabrication, and testing | | | | | leading to development of | | | | | prototypes, commercial | | | | | products, and deployed | | | | | systems. | | | | | | | | | | As a Mechanical and | | | | | Materials Design Engineer, | | | | | the focus will be on | | | | | material selection, | | | | | modeling, characterization, | | | | | and applying these efforts | | | | | directly to the design of | | | | | thermal-fluid and | | | | | electro-mechanical systems. | | | | | Typical design challenges | | | | | include high-temperature | | | | | creep of superalloy heat | | | | | exchangers, cyclic | | | | | plasticity and fatigue of a | | | | | range of materials, heat | | | | | treatment procedures, | | | | | corrosion protection, | | | | | brazing, welding metallurgy, | | | | | technical ceramics and CMCs, | | | | | and exotic materials. | | | | | Familiarity with com on | | | | | metallurgical practices and | | | | | laboratory techniques is | | | | | ideal: metallographic and | | | | | fractographic | | | | | interpretation, | | | | | microstructural development, | | | | | phase kinetics, etc. | | | | | | | | | | Key Elements of the Position | | | | | | | | | | - Variety of | | | | | Projects.Work on | | | | | several clean-sheet | | | | | RandD projects at a | | | | | time. Example | | | | | current/past projects: | | | | | compact, | | | | | high-temperature heat | | | | | exchangers, spacecraft | | | | | cryogenic systems, | | | | | compact combustors, | | | | | vacuum pumps for Mars | | | | | rovers, aerosol devices | | | | | for administering | | | | | pharmaceuticals, liquid | | | | | nitrogen cooling systems | | | | | for cutting tools, | | | | | precision scroll pumps, | | | | | and turbines with shaft | | | | | speeds greater than | | | | | 500,000 rpm. | | | | | | | | | | {=html} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Challenging and | | | | | Interesting Work.Use | | | | | your knowledge of | | | | | materials science, | | | | | metallurgy, statics, | | | | | dynamics, fluid flow, | | | | | heat transfer, and | | | | | mechanical design to | | | | | develop fabrication | | | | | processes and design, | | | | | build, and test | | | | | experimental hardware, | | | | | working prototypes, and | | | | | specialized products. | | | | | | | | | | {=html} | | | | | | | | | | | |