Adv Product Dev & Research - Defense

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Advanced Metal Fabrication Research and Development Engineer-2

Work Location: Wichita, KS (Onsite)

Key Accountabilities:

• Industrializes and scales fabrication, machining, and additive metal manufacturing processes for new aerostructure applications, with a focus on high temperature metal alloys.

• Defines engineering requirements, qualification plans, and compliance approaches up front in design for metal additive manufacturing, metallic machining and fabrication, and advanced welding technologies.
• Supports advanced metal technology manufacturing projects from concept to transition to operation through the stage gate process.
• Presents to middle, senior and executive leaders on the progress of a project, including cost, benefit, schedule, and risk impacts.
• Understands full life cycle requirements for product and process development on advanced metals projects.
• Assists with trade studies for design and/or process alternatives.

• Capable of defining necessary resources and development plans.
• Works in concert with key functions to align and advance project plans.
• Documents and communicates plans and evaluations for future work packages, i.e. bid and proposal.

Requirement:

• Business, Financial, and Technical Acumen

• Ability to Manage with Influence
• Able to be granted a DoD security clearance
• Experience building interpersonal professional relationships
• Familiarity with metal additive technology, metal fabrication, machining, and welding technology (electron, laser beam, friction stir)
• Experience with fabrication and machining technology

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• 2-5 years' related experience plus a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited Engineering program

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years experience in project management, developing and sustaining projects

• Current DoD security clearance
• Experience utilizing various Microsoft Office Suite applications, such as Office 365 and Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel, Word, Teams and Visio
• Experience with CATIA
• Experience using 3D modeling software slicing software for additive manufacturing
• Knowledge and experience with metal fabrication and machining technology

• Knowledge and experience with metal additive manufacturing technologies including laser powder bed fusion and various direct energy deposition processes
• Knowledge and experience with electron and laser beam welding and friction stir welding
• Experience in the following areas: Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Risk Management, Affordability Management, Product Configuration Management, Development and/or sustaining programs, Developing Proposals and Estimating, Integrated Program Planning and Scheduling, Cross-functional project management, Continuous Improvement/ Lean
• Prior experience presenting detailed reports to Senior Leaders
• Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing and supply chain

• Knowledge of operational processes and procedures
• Team player, very detailed oriented

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems' Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. for more information on the tax credit.