Senior Materials and Process Engineer
Core
Define, qualify, and control materials and special processes for flight hardware, including ablative/thermal protection systems, coatings, polymers, composites, and wet chemical processing for reentry vehicles.
Role type
Senior Materials and Process Engineer (Aerospace)
Builds
Reentry vehicles, pharmaceutical processing payloads, and satellite buses
Domain
Aerospace / Space Infrastructure / Materials Science
Required skills
Process qualification and validation, statistical methods (DOE, SPC), failure analysis (fractography, metallography), corrosion control, wet chemical processing, material specifications, tooling design, NDE characterization, cross-functional leadership, technical writing
Preferred skills
Ablative/TPS materials for reentry, polymer/composite processing at scale, spacecraft thermal control systems, high-purity water system design