Materials Engineer

University of Dayton, Ohio • Warner Robins, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Position Summary: The Sustainment & Readiness sector's Advanced Manufacturing Materials group collaborates across Ohio and Georgia locations to execute materials development and engineering projects supporting additive manufacturing (AM), cold spray, coatings, and corrosion technologies. This position at UDRI's Middle Georgia (MGA) location focuses on process development, material characterization, and application engineering, supports consistency in practices and processes across locations, and provides on-site subject matter experience. The position will be focused on metal laser powder bed fusion (PBF) and polymer fused filament fabrication (FFF) AM, cold spray repair technologies, and additive friction stir deposition. This position will assist other researchers in understanding the material science issues of advanced manufacturing and connecting material properties to part end-use requirements. This will include assisting in planning and conducting experiments, analysis and reporting, efforts related to material/process risk assessments and selection, troubleshooting, process improvement and/or material replacement, and validation of part performance vs. end-use requirements. This position may involve handling metal feedstock powders, performing metallographic sample preparation, and operating and maintaining equipment used in experiments or material characterization.

Requirements

• BS degree in relevant engineering or science related field (such as materials, chemical, physics, etc.)
• Working knowledge of a variety of manufacturing processes
• Working knowledge of mechanical test methods for metals and/or polymers
• Experience following laboratory safety protocols
• Experience writing test plans, reports, or procedures
• Experience with CAD/CAM software
• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office products including MS Excel
• Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated attention to detail and organizational skills
• Team-oriented and collaborative mindset
• Due to the nature of this position, US citizenship is required
• BS degree in relevant engineering or science related field (such as materials, chemical, physics, etc.) with at least 3 years of experience directly related to material characterization and property development, OR MS degree in relevant engineering or science related field (such as materials, chemical, mechanical, chemistry, physics, etc.) with at least 2 years of experience directly related to material characterization and development, OR Ph.D. relevant engineering or science related field with at least 1 year of experience directly related to material characterization and property development
• Experience working in a manufacturing setting
• 1+ years of direct experience with additive manufacturing or other advanced manufacturing technologies
• Experience with mechanical testing of metal or polymer specimens including tensile and fatigue properties and relevant testing specifications OR experience with metallurgy, microstructural evaluation, grain size analysis, porosity analysis, etc. via optical microscopy, XRD, SEM, or other methods

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of metal powder safety protocol
• Working knowledge of additive manufacturing and/or other advanced manufacturing processes
• Working knowledge of metallurgy, microstructural evaluation, grain size analysis, porosity analysis, etc. via optical microscopy, XRD, SEM, or other methods
• 3+ years of direct experience with additive manufacturing in a laboratory, manufacturing, and/or industry setting
• 3+ years of experience with characterization of metals, ceramics, or polymers including knowledge of mechanical testing, powder characterization, and/or chemical analysis
• 3+ years of experience with metallurgy, microstructural evaluation, grain size analysis, porosity analysis, etc. via optical microscopy, XRD, SEM, or other methods as necessary
• 1+ years of experience with statistical analysis techniques including analysis of variance (ANOVA) and setting up and executing structured design of experiments (DOE)
• Demonstrated capability of working in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team environment
• Adaptive learner
• Working knowledge of US Air Force policies and procedures

Responsibilities

• process development
• material characterization
• application engineering
• supports consistency in practices and processes across locations
• provides on-site subject matter experience
• assisting other researchers in understanding the material science issues of advanced manufacturing and connecting material properties to part end-use requirements
• assisting in planning and conducting experiments, analysis and reporting, efforts related to material/process risk assessments and selection, troubleshooting, process improvement and/or material replacement, and validation of part performance vs. end-use requirements
• handling metal feedstock powders
• performing metallographic sample preparation
• operating and maintaining equipment used in experiments or material characterization

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level