Expert Service Temperature Project Engineer

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Full Time Professional Fairfield, CA, US

30+ days ago Requisition

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Expert Service High Temperature Project Engineer – Composites

Toray Advanced Composites (TAC) is a leading supplier of advanced composite materials for the aerospace, sporting goods, motor sport, and industrial markets. You will find our thermoset composite products on nearly every satellite, space launch vehicle, unmanned aircraft, military and commercial aircraft in production today. TAC also provides composites materials to industrial and recreational applications including mountain bikes, medical prosthetics, and sports equipment.

Our thermoplastic prepregs, known in the industry as Cetex®, are found in a wide range of commercial and military aircraft, including large wing structures and interior applications like seats and galleys. Our Cetex products are available in unidirectional tape or fabric form in a variety of engineered thermoplastic resins including PEEK, PPS, PEI as well as a full line of performance thermoplastics including Nylon, PET, HDPE, and PP.

This senior engineering position collaborates, scopes, directs, and grows the Toray Advanced Composites (TAC) high temperature thermoset (HT-TS) resin portfolio, applications, testing capability, and customer support. This engineer in conjunction with the HTPEM will have global interaction and require close coordination with TAC-Europe, Toray CMA division and Toray Japan technical sites for meeting HT-TS objectives. The role requires a proven track record of subject matter expertise, technical know-how, and a strong ability for cross‑functional problem solving to lead and guide HT-TS material products to production sales market.

The individual in this role must pull from hands on knowledge, an extensive background in materials, materials testing, cost accounting, part fabrication technology, industry adoption experience and project management methods. This engineer and TAC team have a broad range of duties, across the many HT-TS Markets and Product Technologies covered by TAC, and must be very reactive to customer inquiries, opportunities and troubleshooting efforts within projects at customer sites or supported within TAC facilities.

Additionally, this role will mentor, train and develop junior members of the team which may or may not have direct reports.

Note roles and responsibilities are subject to change with or without advanced notice.

• Collaborate with HTPEM and lead HT-TS projects to support product development, sales opportunities, budgeting, scheduling and realize economic benefits for new materials, new markets, and new applications
• Work collaboratively with all related functions including Customers, Sales, Manufacturing, Maintenance/Facilities, Process Engineering, Process Technology, Quality Assurance, R&D and Shipping to achieve the company’s objectives
• Application Development (AD): test panel consolidation and testing infrastructure at TAC sites to support the HT-TS materials testing, production, troubleshooting, and trial parts fabrication
• Promote cross functional teamwork and act as a role model for productive, responsible behavior from all employees
• Record, analyze and report composite material results and project metrics in compliance with testing standards with truth and accuracy
• Work with cross functional team to understand clear objectives and expectations for development projects

• Provide customers and potential customers with HT-TS material selection advice for composite parts based on design objectives, material properties, part applications, design for manufacturability, build rates and cost targets
• Provide guidance for projects and materials compliance to regulatory requirements such as FAA, CMH‑17, DoD, and other stakeholders
• Project management and reporting of results of material characterization and application development (AD) – may include industry journal and conference…