Senior Staff Engineer, Survivability Materials

Team: X-BAT Engineering - MEG

Location: United States, San Diego, California, Dallas, Texas, Washington, DC

Commitment: Full Time Employee

Workplace Type: onsite

Job Description:

What you'll do:

• Conduct material surveys and evaluate radar-absorbing materials, conductive materials, dielectric materials, specialty coatings, adhesives, sealants, and other survivability-related material systems.
• Develop and maintain a survivability materials database containing performance, cost, supplier, part-number, availability, application, and sustainment information.
• Partner with survivability analysis, design, manufacturing, and program teams to down-select materials based on signature performance, durability, producibility, weight, cost, and supply-chain risk.
•  Develop material qualification plans and oversee electromagnetic, electrical, mechanical, thermal, chemical, and environmental testing.
• Establish and maintain laboratory capabilities for material characterization, process development, receiving inspection, and production verification.
• Provide hands-on production support for material application, inspection, troubleshooting, repair, supplier coordination, and sustainment.

Required qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in aerospace materials engineering, low-observable materials, electromagnetic materials, specialty coatings, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of radar-absorbing materials, conductive coatings, dielectric materials, adhesives, sealants, or specialty surface treatments.
• Understanding of how complex permittivity, complex permeability, conductivity, and thickness affect electromagnetic and radar-signature performance.
• Experience with material characterization, laboratory testing, production inspection, or supplier qualification.
• U.S. Citizenship and active Secret clearance required.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience developing or qualifying radar-absorbing materials, low-observable coatings, structural RAM, conductive treatments, or signature-control appliqués.
• Experience measuring electromagnetic material properties using free-space, waveguide, coaxial, resonant-cavity, or reflectivity-based test methods.
• Familiarity with vector network analyzers, free-space measurement systems, conductivity equipment, coating-thickness instruments, environmental chambers, and mechanical test equipment.
•  Active Secret, Top Secret, or SCI security clearance.