Engineering Associate

SUMMARY

Develop, evaluate, and improve gas turbine service methods including support of management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing, design, and service capabilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Engineering team members for root cause investigations, including analysis of fracture surfaces, thermal system modeling, and failure investigations.
• Confer with engineering staff to develop and author work procedures for the individual steps of the manufacturing/repair process.
• Develop/apply corrective actions addressing nonconformances or root causes.
• Perform data analysis for trending of operation, component life extension analysis and FMEA, component degradation evaluation, etc.
• Report creation and clean up and publishing to Product Data Management Systems.
• Assist and guide project management of tasking and review and report out to leadership
• Confer with planning and design staff concerning product design and application of service products
• Support team members in evaluation of vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts, and evaluate products according to specifications and quality standards.

• And, perform such other duties as may be required from time to time by the company.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures reporting all unsafe activities to Management and/or Human Resources.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Contribute to building a positive team spirit.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of employees.
• Protect confidential information by not communicating, disclosing to, or using for benefit of 3rd parties.
• Maintain the highest degree of honesty and integrity at all times.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EDUCATION

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and/or Experience: Student in a B.S. Mechanical, Aerospace, Material Science, Computer Science Engineering program at a University.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.  Logically summarize inspection and work scope information for on-going projects.
• Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software; Spreadsheet software, PowerPoint software and Word Processing software. Coding experience in Python, MatLab, C++ is preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.

Regularly required to sit and talk or hear. Frequently required to stand and walk. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Hearing protection may be recommended and/or required in some areas