Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Materials Engineering Manager

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions • $110K — $130K *
Jupiter, FL 33458In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Minimum B.S./M.S. in Material Science, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
  • At least 10 years of experience in aerospace turbomachinery materials.
  • Deep understanding of alloy and coating metallurgical properties for turbomachinery.
  • Background in manufacturing techniques including casting, machining, and welding.
  • Experience in material failure analysis and fracture mechanics.

Responsibilities

  • Develop quality specifications and documentation for turbomachinery components.
  • Evaluate material non-conformances and recommend corrective actions.
  • Collaborate with suppliers to define requirements and resolve technical issues.
  • Lead projects aimed at enhancing manufacturing capabilities and quality.
  • Conduct evaluations, sampling, and testing for internal programs and suppliers.
  • Engage with various stakeholders including design engineers and quality assurance teams.
  • Establish material testing requirements and formulate test plans.

Benefits

  • Supervisory responsibilities over junior engineers and laboratory personnel.
  • Hands-on involvement in laboratory tasks and equipment maintenance.
  • Opportunity to mentor and share knowledge within the team.
  • Exposure to a dynamic work environment, blending office and manufacturing settings.
Full Job Description
General Job Summary:

The Turbomachinery Materials Discipline Lead will have the training and experience to provide support of company projects for aerospace turbomachinery alloys and coatings characterization, manufacturing, repair and testing tasks. The candidate must be able to provide technical input as a lead member involved with design, manufacture, assembly, and test of aerospace turbomachinery components.

Essential Job Functions:
  • Develop quality specifications, procedures, standard methods, training material, and related documentation for manufacturing operations and processing of aerospace turbomachinery components. Develop standard work, procedures, and integrate aerospace industry-standard best practices.
  • Evaluate material non-conformances and effect on properties. Provide recommendations on corrective actions.
  • Work with suppliers to define and document requirements, address technical concerns, and provide project status.
  • Lead significant projects critical to improve manufacturing process capability & quality performance (ISO 9001 and AS9100).
  • Work closely with internal programs and manufacturing suppliers to provide in-situ evaluations, sampling and testing services.
  • Perform significant interaction with design engineers, manufacturing engineers, quality assurance, systems designers, external suppliers and other program stakeholders.
  • Support program component technical analysis and lifing tasks through alloy and coating property specification and review.
  • Define material testing requirements and create test plans for characterizing materials per program requirements.
  • Willingness to perform hands-on tasks and maintain laboratory equipment and facilities as required.
  • Identify new equipment to expand laboratory capability and improve responsiveness.
  • Willingness to mentor less experienced engineers and laboratory personnel.
  • Other job duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes

  • Possess a deep understanding through experience of metallurgical properties of alloy and coating systems for turbomachinery and aerospace applications for new product development and repair operations.
  • Strong background in manufacturing operations and processing of aerospace turbomachinery components including, but not limited to casting, machining, joining (welding and brazing), heat treatment.
  • Possess deep understanding of raw material melt and processing with knowledge of the effects on properties and the thermal treatment response.
  • Experience in analytical/characterization of materials in a laboratory environment (including etching, macro/micro imaging, hardness testing and fracture surface analysis of metals).
  • Experience with the failure analysis of materials (structural metals, fasteners, etc.) and fracture mechanics.
  • Possess the discipline and follow-through to fully document problem statements, observations, conclusions, calculations and recommendations.
  • Ability to review and sign-off on component drawings for Materials Engineering discipline.
  • Solid background in laboratory materials analysis and testing per industry standard test methods.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to be able to effectively summarize, document, and communicate results to program stakeholders. Ability to make technical presentations internally and to customers.

Education and Experience:
  • Minimum B.S./M.S. in Material Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field with a minimum 10-years of experience.

Work Environment/Physical Requirements:
  • Office and/or manufacturing environment.
  • Some light physical effort is required.
  • Will be required to perform occasional lifting of materials and packaging.
  • Ability to sit and stand for long periods of time.
  • Ability to perform repetitive motion (keyboarding, mouse, phones, rotating wrist, using tools/equipment).

Travel Requirements:

Yes, travel and off-site support to suppliers and manufacturing facilities per program support requirements.

About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. provides mission critical products, solutions, and services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Kratos Government Solutions, Unmanned Systems, and Public Safety & Security. The Kratos Government Solutions segment offers microwave electronic products, satellite communications, training systems, modular systems, and defense and rocket support services. The Unmanned Systems segment provides unmanned aerial, ground, and seaborne, as well as command, control, and communications systems. The Public Safety & Security segment designs, engineers, deploys, operates, integrates, maintains, and operates security and surveillance solutions for homeland security, public safety, critical infrastructure, government, and commercial customers. The company serves national security related agencies, the department of defense, intelligence agencies, and classified agencies, as well as international government agencies and domestic and international commercial customers; and critical infrastructure, power generation, power transport, nuclear energy, financial, IT, healthcare, education, transportation, and petro-chemical industries, as well as government and military customers. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Learn more about Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Size
3,300 employees
Market Cap
$1.1 billion
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Net Income
$79.6 million
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+8.4%
Revenue
$747.6 million
NASDAQ
KTOS
* Ladders Estimates

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