Staff Materials Engineer, Design Allowables & Materials Data
Core
Establish methodology, infrastructure, and governance to generate, govern, and scale analysis-ready design allowables and material property data for defense systems.
Role type
Staff Materials Engineer (Design Allowables & Data Governance)
Builds
Enterprise materials database, data pipelines, and standardized design allowables workflows
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Structural Composites
Required skills
statistical basis for design values (A-basis/B-basis), materials characterization, fatigue and fracture mechanics, materials data management, technical writing, cross-functional leadership
Preferred skills
scoping characterization campaigns, high-temperature alloys, advanced composites, additively-manufactured materials, materials informatics platforms
Technologies
MMPDS, CMH-17, enterprise materials database
Responsibilities
Define design allowables standards (statistical basis, acceptance criteria, traceability), architect materials data pipelines, establish fatigue and fracture-critical methodology, extract value from lifecycle material data, serve as cross-business-line technical authority, seed the function by building team capability
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope