Senior Foundry Engineer
Core
Develop and own process development for high-performance superalloy castings for aerospace and space applications, focusing on defect elimination and repeatable quality for flight-critical hardware.
Role type
Senior IC foundry engineer (process development)
Builds
High-temperature superalloy castings (Ni-, Co-, Ti-base systems) for aerospace and spaceflight
Domain
Aerospace manufacturing / Materials Science / Metallurgy
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> physical/clinical work
Required skills
Superalloy casting process development, root-cause failure analysis, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), solidification behavior control, grain structure management, defect identification and elimination, hands-on foundry floor operation, systems engineering mindset
Preferred skills
Directionally solidified (DS) and single-crystal (SCX) casting experience, thermal/solidification simulation tools, AS9100-compliant environment experience, startup manufacturing environment experience
Technologies
SPC, DOE, thermal simulation, fluid simulation, solidification simulation
Responsibilities
Own process development and production readiness for aerospace superalloy castings; Develop and mature equiaxed casting processes; Design and control solidification behavior to manage grain structure and defects; Work with software team on thermal and solidification simulations; Partner with equipment and design engineers to build custom foundry hardware; Interface with customers on material selection and qualification approach; Transition processes from development to stable production ownership
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
