Aerospace Engineer jobs in Murrieta, CA

SUMMARY

This role will lead product and process development and improvement projects to support the business to achieve established processing and financial targets. This position is located at our aerospace forged rings manufacturing plant in Fontana, California and will involve working collaboratively with Product Quality, Metallurgical and Tooling Engineers, Operations, and other office personnel to improve processes in order to maintain efficiency, reduce cost, and improve quality of the product to ensure customer requirements are met.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: This is not intended as a comprehensive list; it is intended to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed, and may be required to perform additional, position-specific tasks.

• Develop, modify, improve, and troubleshoot the forging / heat treatment processes associated with the production of seamless rolled rings and other open-die forgings.
• Investigate and conduct experiments concerned with physical characteristics, properties, and processing of metals to develop methods of commercially manufacturing forgings from primarily Ferrous, Aluminum, Titanium and Nickel base alloys.
• Consult with Product Quality, Metallurgical and Tooling Engineers and the Operations personnel to develop methods of manufacturing at minimum costs, and to implement robust shop floor instructions.
• Support Continuous Improvement and Cost Reduction activities as directed.
• Perform other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited Institution with a minimum of 2 years related experience and/or training

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Understands the basics of in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word)
• Requires training and or is learning the company ERP system and Quality System management application

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Must be able to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees of organization, customers, and outside regulatory agencies.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra, statistics, geometry, percentages circumference and volume.

REASONING ABILITY

• Has the ability to solve practical problems

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, drawings, standards, specifications and operating instructions and procedures. Ability to compose routine reports and correspondence for internal/external customers. Ability to communicate effectively before groups of employees of organization, customers, and outside regulatory agencies.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions and percentages. Ability to perform conversion calculations (e.g. metric to inches, Celsius to Fahrenheit). Ability to apply concepts of basic mathematics.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to decipher nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.,) in its most difficult phases. Ability to decipher a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS – CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Demonstrated ability to effectively develop long-standing business relationships while managing through difficult issues. Must be highly intuitive when dealing with customer’s expectations and must be alert to the impact that cultural differences have on the business relationship.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite & MRP Systems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is required to sit frequently. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions; wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

PAY RATE

Up to $88k annually DOE