Sustainment Engineer

About the Role

Join UDRI as a Sustainment Engineer at the Advanced Technology and Training Center – Middle Georgia (ATTC-MG) in Warner Robins, GA. This role supports aerospace sustainment technology development and the integration of advanced manufacturing processes to improve manufacturing and support equipment readiness. You will work under a senior engineer to enable product flow from design to qualification. What You'll Do

• Support product flow through required manufacturing processes, including 3D printing, heat treatment, CNC machining, outside vendor services, and inspection

• Support design, re-engineering and test/validation of hardware utilizing additive manufacturing and other advanced manufacturing technologies

• Support sustainment technology development and integration projects related to aerospace systems and ground support equipment

• Support maintenance and/or manufacturing process optimization

• Support materials performance assessments

• Develop and execute project test plans, plan and manage qualification testing

• Develop long-term product implementation strategies What We're Looking For

• BS in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Manufacturing Materials, Welding, Corrosion, or Chemical engineering or engineering technology or related field)

• 3+ years of engineering/technical product design, hardware ownership or manufacturing/machining operations experience with working knowledge of GD&T standards

• 3+ years of experience in process development and process documentation

• 3+ years of experience using SolidWorks to create 3D models and 2D drawings

• Experience in data collection, analysis, and problem-solving

• Ability to create, read and interpret models, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports

• Understanding of advanced manufacturing materials, processes and parameters; familiar with various manufacturing processes such as casting, NC machining, forging, heat treat and additive manufacturing for metals or plastics

• Working knowledge of FEA software and data analysis

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Successful collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team

• Working knowledge in Excel and other MS Office Suite programs

• Attention to detail

• Due to the requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. citizen Nice to Have

• Experience performing metal heat treatment operations (e.g. stress relief, solution treatment, aging/precipitation hardening)

• Experience working within an ISO9001 accredited manufacturing environment

• Working knowledge of US Air Force aircraft maintenance, sustainment, and acquisition policies and procedures

• Experience using Global Shop Enterprise Resource Planning software to create work orders and record product workflow

• Experience coordinating aircraft component fabrication/processing through outside suppliers/vendors

• Demonstrated success in establishing and managing stakeholder expectations

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)

• 5+ years of directly related applied manufacturing engineering experience