Lead Process Engineer, Transparencies

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

 

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 13 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Compensation Data

The annual salary range for this role is:

$164,768.00 - $109,845.00

Job Summary

GKN Aerospace is seeking a senior technologist to lead process development of glass transparencies manufacturing and testing for aircraft and spacecraft. 

Job Responsibilities

• Conceive tooling, establish forming methods, devise toughening schedules (ion exchange and thermal), and interrogate optical quality of multilayer structural windows.
• Develops, issues and maintains management system procedures and instructions.
• Determines the assurance activities within the process to ensure its success, accordingly to appropriate regulations, industry standards and customer /internal governance, and policies.
• Defines, monitors and measures the effectiveness & efficiency of processes.
• Ensures adequate training, support and communication to the operation and design teams.
• Solves process related problems, prevents their recurrence, and works with all stakeholders. 
• Manage Change Process. 
• Collects objective evidence of conformity for audits and works with GKN Site and Divisional Quality departments/personnel in support of internal and external audits.
• Able to support approximately 5% travel as required, to include some international travel.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Materials Science, Engineering or similar technical fields of study. 
• Five (5) years of experience forming and strengthening of glass for transportation vehicles such as automotive, train, aircraft, and/or spacecraft, etc., with demonstrable knowledge of heat transfer, plastic deformation, and stress-optical metrology.
• U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of fracture mechanics and stress induced corrosion of inorganic glasses is desirable.
• Working knowledge in glass chemistry and physics.
• Experience in the manipulation of glass through forming, strengthening, and heat treatment. 
• Familiar with manufacturing standards, statistical process control techniques, developmental test equipment, gauging and instrumentation.    
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Must demonstrate ability to manage projects, create, execute, and report project work plans.
• Elementary CAD skills

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further.  And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

 

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

 

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN.  We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute.  It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’ last year.  By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology. ​
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