Principal Ceramic Engineer; Onsite

Ceramic Engineer

Pratt & Whitney Mikro Systems manufactures ceramic cores and tooling for turbine castings. Mikro Systems uses a manufacturing process that produces intricate, advanced ceramic cores. Our innovative processes are evolving to keep pace with continually progressing turbine designs. The Mikro team is seeking a talented Ceramic Engineer who can support the design of innovative ceramic systems that challenge the current state of the art in the world of precision investment castings.

• Innovate with novel ceramic formulations and processes to support new core product designs.
• Support ceramic core development to understand correlations between ceramic core material formulations and ceramic manufacturing techniques.
• Provide Operations support and assist with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) process for issues arising from ceramic materials.
• Support and/or participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) events and CORE activities (quality improvement) of ceramic core materials.
• Develop comprehensive ceramic material qualification procedures and collaborate with the Quality Materials lab to release product for Operations.
• Collaborate with metal casting source to understand ceramic core compatibility to achieve design intent.

• A Bachelor's Degree in related or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in related field and 5 years prior relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office computer software including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• US Citizenship required due to government contract.

• Turbine Blade / Vane knowledge.
• Knowledge of investment casting and molding tooling design.
• Ability to communicate effectively with leadership and executive team.
• Knowledge of polymeric materials:
  Use in ceramic forming processes (rheology, cure, processing parameters);
  Characterization & performance testing;
  Material selection (different polymeric material families, properties)
• Strong Design of Experiment Methodology and Process Variation Awareness.
• Experience working various aspects of ceramic material/processing:
  Materials (Raw materials & compositions), Forming Techniques (Casting, Injection molding), Firing, and Dimensional Control;
  Machining, Post processing, and Metal casting interactions;
  Rheology and Process Parameters;
  Characterization of raw materials, ceramic slurries, and resultant product;
  New Material Selection (families of materials & properties)