Engineering Co-Op Student

The Engineering Co-op (College Student) position at CHI is intended to provide a means over a 12-month period to evaluate new talent and engineering capability with the intent of hiring the employee as a full-time engineer if the engineer-to-be performs well at CHI and if there is a job opening when the employee graduates with his/her engineering degree. This program at CHI is also intended on providing the selected candidate with meaningful engineering experience in various facets of manufacturing aerospace composite parts.

The following responsibilities serve as a general guideline for day-to-day duties. Employees may be required to periodically perform duties outside of their job description. The goal of all CHI employees is to provide assistance where needed to support production in meeting customer commitments.

• 1) Assist project engineer(s) with data collection and analysis under project engineer (PE) direction.
• 2) Assist with given tasks from manager on CHI’s all-encompassing data collection system.
• 3) Learn basic material and processing of composite parts selected by manager and/or project engineer.
• 4) Understand assigned master work instructions (MWIs) and work with operators and manufacturing engineers (MEs) to learn basic composite layup, bagging, curing, machining and assembly operations. Perform hands-on work under the guidance of the lead operators, VSL’s and manufacturing engineers (ME).
• 5) Review customer documents and specifications to become familiar with typical aerospace requirements.
• 6) Use learned CHI experiences to have discussions with the project engineer(s) and begin thinking of and suggesting process improvements.
• 7) Begin to understand design of experiments (DOEs), monitoring trials and assessing data.
• 8) Assist in writing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and other engineering documents.

• Be able to work a minimum of 6 months equivalent over a 12-month time or part-time employment, 20+hrs/week (both equaling 800 hours per calendar year).
• Have high interest in learning about aerospace part manufacturing.
• Be able to perform multiple tasks with focus.
• Be proficient in recording and plotting data for engineering analysis.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Be a team player.
• Job requires to be trained and able to handle hazardous waste.
• Student must be enrolled in an accredited residential college (not on-line university).
• Proof of U.S. Persons Required

Minimum 2 years completed in an accredited university and actively pursuing a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in engineering.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

For informational purposes only, the range of pay for this role is $22.00 to $32.00 US Dollar (USD) Hourly based on a variety of factors. Employees will receive 80 hours paid time off every year. Employees will also receive 10 paid holidays. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the company's medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are eligible to enroll in the Company’s 401(k) plan.

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To comply with those regulations, this position may require applicants to be U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible…