Advanced Materials Engineer

This Honeywell Aerospace Yeovil Materials Engineering position will participate in Design and Manufacturing Engineering teams for new and existing products involving various aerospace products in the HAY portfolio. The role is scoped around using advanced knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes to support:

• Participation in designing & re-designing hardware
• Alternative/Obsolete materials evaluation, development, and qualification
• Evaluation of performance and/or compliance of supply chain
• Maintenance of documentation relating to the definition of requirements for materials and processes
The role will interface & support multiple internal and external customers. Primary responsibilities:
• To be the site focal of all Environmental regulations (including REACh & TSCA), including identifying non-compliance to regulations, identifying design changes to meet the intent of the regulations and justifying design changes both internally to Honeywell Aerospace and all external customers.
• To maintain compliance with the regulations as they evolve for Honeywell Aerospace design.
• Candidate will be part of Design and Applications Engineering, Value Engineering, and support Supplier Transition requirements, including serving as part of the investigation in concurrent Design: participate to defining manufacturing process approval requirements, product testing and design new material qualification for aerospace applications.
• Driving specification evolution from locally owned process specifications towards global Honeywell Aerospace or industry standards and significant supplier technical support for components with special processes, conducting maintenance audits to ensure specification and process compliance, support determination of Root Cause and Corrective Action associated with process or product escapes, and identification of manufacturability improvement opportunities and cost reduction.
  
  A minimum of a Degree or HNC/HND in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Chemistry or similar.
• In-depth knowledge of and experience with Aerospace Materials and Processes, Process Selection, Specifications and Applications.
• Extensive experience & Knowledge of chemical regulations (REACh)
• Experience in a materials design/selection and/or process engineering role is preferred.
• Experience would be beneficial in any of the following: writing specifications, drawing review & approval, product failure investigations, technical reports writing, documentation change management, developing process parameters, troubleshooting or auditing manufacturing processes (incl. special processes), process control and compliance.