Overview
Hermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer focused on the rapid design, build, and test of high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft for the national interest. The Senior Welding Engineer will support manufacturing and development of Hermeus vehicles, helping to establish welding processes and optimize designs.
Responsibilities
- Support weld shop development for full scale welded assemblies.
- Develop, optimize, and qualify weld processes and parameters for multiple welding processes.
- Support design, manufacturing, and materials engineering with root cause analysis.
- Work closely with design, tooling, automation, and development engineers to improve welded designs.
- Set up welding qualification test campaigns and interpret mechanical testing and NDE results.
- Support manufacturing engineers and welders on correct techniques in a fast-paced environment.
- Develop and implement improved process control using test and NDE results as feedback.
- Scope out new welding technologies to improve rate, quality, and efficiency.
- Be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed to support build schedules.
- Perform job duties that require physical activity in various positions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
- Hands-on fabrication, manufacturing, or testing experience of welded assemblies.
- Master’s degree in welding engineering or related technical program.
- Hands-on welding experience of stainless steel, nickel-based, titanium, copper, and aluminum alloys.
- Experience with brazing, joining, and metallographic interpretation.
- Fundamental understanding of welding processes including laser beam, plasma arc, gas tungsten arc, and gas metal arc.
- Tooling design experience for welded assemblies to reduce part distortion and improve part consistency.
- Understanding of weld strength testing methodologies, standards, and data acquisition systems.
- Experience with root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Self-motivated engineer with keen attention to detail.
