Senior Technical Engineer

Senior Technical Engineer

Regular

Tempe - AZ, United States of America

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Principal technical interface with our customers. Promote CDM / Syensqo products and technologies and articulate value propositions to customers. Advise customers on materials and process selections. Provide the voice of the customer for internal functions. Lead concept development activities for new opportunities coupling material-process design.

• Support advanced projects and concept development activities
• Provide field technical support to major aerospace OEM and subcontractors for new and legacy programs.
• Lead and support projects requiring material manufacturing, prototyping, and part builds from thermoset prepregs, thermoplastics, adhesives, primers, and surfacing films with processes including autoclave, out-of-autoclave, press-molding, resin infusion.
• Identify and lead resolution of material issues in aerospace composite shops. Act as the “Voice of the Customer” to liaise with the greater part of CDM / Syensqo to affect a mutually acceptable resolution.
• Advise customers on processing and properties of CDM / Syensqo products. Ability to support trade studies to differentiate between and provide recommendations on product options and selection based on customer parts & applications. Contact levels will range from shop floor mechanics to senior management in procurement, engineering, research/development, quality, and manufacturing areas.
• Identify potential new applications for CDM / Syensqo products and support Account Managers in capturing new business, assessing market trends, developing business cases, and evaluating competitor's materials. Identify and foster new processes for material deposition, forming, and curing to support technology adoption on aerospace platforms.
• Accompany customers as needed on CDM / Syensqo site audits and visits, leading where required.
• Support and/or lead targeted projects in CDM / Syensqo or customer shops. Areas include product configuration, capability, cost reductions, problem solving, Lean manufacturing, etc.
• Support characterization and producibility studies of new material developments
• Comprehend business line strategies to establish objectives and customer touch points at assigned accounts.
• Support coordination of conformance and specification issues between CDM / Syensqo plants and Key Customer Procurement and Specification Custodians.
• Provide support for customers outside the targeted region as appropriate.
• Become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on one or more aspects of composite part manufacture.
• Support simulation analysis and development for composite part manufacturing and structural performance

• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree minimum (in relevant Engineering or Material Science discipline)
• Minimum 8 years demonstrated work experience including: problem solving, technical presentations, project management, relationship building, and identification of new opportunities.
• Knowledge of and experience in the use of composites in US Air Force, US Naval and Army applications; undersea, surface, vehicles, munitions, and others key areas
• Knowledge of aerospace composite part fabrication. Part fabrication experience preferred.
• Experience resolving product and process capability issues in composite part applications.
• Understanding of the US Air Force, US Navy,…