Material Construction Engineer

Overview

Non-metallic materials engineering is a regulator and innovator of non-metallic materials and processes in the shipyard. This position is for a polymer or materials engineer, or chemist with strong mechanical aptitude, familiar primarily with thermoset chemistry with a focus on elastomers and epoxy / polyester resins. Primary responsibilities include:

• Process development and oversight
• Polymer formulation to achieve specific end properties
• Investigating, developing, and characterizing new materials for various challenging submarine applications
• Materials research
• Preparation of test procedures, sample preparation and testing
• Overseeing technician efforts
• Data tabulation and analysis
• Technical report preparation
• Material qualification
• Prototype fabrication and testing

Minimal travel to support technical meetings and provide off-site vendor support is required. This position requires the successful candidate be able to interface with and direct vendors, laboratory testing, and other support engineering efforts, and interface with various levels of management.

The candidate will be part of a larger highly interactive engineering team focused on non-metallic materials performance enhancement.

Qualifications

Required: 

• A Bachelor of Science degree (or higher) in Polymer Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
• 0-4 years of professional engineering experience
• Knowledge of and / or experience using and formulating elastomers (silicone, polyurethane, polyurea, etc.) and / or epoxy / polyester resin technology as it applies to isotropic and heterotopic composites engineering.

Preferred: 

• Knowledge of polymer processing.
• Knowledge of operations research, process optimization, system engineering, or process improvement.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) are required to facilitate communication with EB management, NAVSEA, and Navy laboratory personnel.
• Strong knowledge of polymers primarily structure property dependence, formulation optimization, and basic chemistry and utilization.