Senior Materials & Processes Engineer

Senior Materials & Processes Engineer

Beyond Gravity

Zurich, Switzerland

Your mission

• Lead and coordinate technical activities within his dedicated field. Conduct and lead high complexity task without supervision.
• Support in his engineering field during product development. Is the local technical authority for metallic materials and surface treatments and first level of escalations.
• Proactively communicates and aligns cross-functionally with the adjacent engineering fields and department outside engineering such as operations, quality, procurement and other teams.
• Support processes and product continuous improvements to deliver in line with customer quality, cost, and demand. Propose market-oriented initiatives to improve existing products, technologies and production processes
• Write and review technical documentation, project related deliverables and other specifications related to his field of work (e.g. Test Plan). Adapt to the product- and mission-specific requirements.
• Utilize project management techniques / tools to meet cost, technical, and schedule requirements.
• Work package / Task Manager. Owns technical, budget and schedule responsibility for fulfilment of tasks assigned by projects.
• Participate in (Non Conformance Review Board) according to the NC process. Actively propose technical solutions in his field of activity. Carries out technical risk management and perform Root Cause Analysis.
• Technical responsible in his field of work for the recruitment process. Identify and maintain key technical skills in his field within the department. Ensure standardization within their field of activity.
• Coach more junior engineers and external employee and review their work.
• Provides information on new products, processes and technologies to the engineering directorates.

Your story

• Master’s degree or PhD in Material Science, Mechanical or Aerospace engineering.
• Minimum 10 years’ technical experience in the field.
• Profound knowledge in the following fields: Metallic materials & processes, surface treatments and adhesive bonding with associated special processes (e.g. NDI).
• Qualification, certification and validation of materials and processes.
• Additional expertise and knowledge in:
  • Composites, in particular carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP).
  • Non-metallic materials.
• Leadership skills combined with excellent communication skills.

Nice to have’s

• Space or Aerospace experience.
• Knowledge of the space industry and market.
• Project Management Acumen.
• German (minimum B2).