Process Engineer

Role details

Company Description

We are seeking a hands-on Process Engineer to take technical ownership of aerospace electroplating and metal-finishing processes. This is a high-impact opportunity for an engineer or experienced plating process specialist who understands what happens at the tank, on the production floor and within a controlled aerospace process plan. A successful candidate will be comfortable working with drawings and specifications, investigating problems on the production floor and converting technical requirements into practical, controlled instructions. Apply Today!

Job Description

• Provide technical ownership and continuous improvement for hard chrome plating and related aerospace electroplating processes.
• Develop, validate and maintain technique sheets, master routings, process plans and work instructions for new and existing aerospace components.
• Translate customer drawings, purchase orders and aerospace specifications into clear production requirements, including process sequence, specification revision, critical parameters, masking boundaries, tooling, inspection points and required records.
• Engineer plating methods for precision-machined components involving dimensional buildup, plating allowance, inside and outside diameters, runout, edge effects, current density and post-plating machining or grinding.
• Develop and improve racks, fixtures, plugs, masking methods, auxiliary anodes, shields and other tooling required for consistent results.
• Establish and control critical parameters such as bath chemistry, temperature, amperage, voltage, current density, plating time, agitation, filtration and solution movement.
• Lead root-cause investigations involving adhesion failure, thickness variation, burning, pitting, nodules, roughness, porosity, corrosion failure and hydrogen-embrittlement risk.
• Partner with laboratory and chemical-control personnel on bath analysis, additions, contamination control, tank maintenance and corrective action.
• Support Nadcap Chemical Processing audits, corrective actions and objective evidence while contributing to AS9100 implementation and disciplined document control.
• Support new-product introduction, first-article readiness, process validation and customer or original equipment manufacturer technical reviews.
• Mentor and train on process requirements and technical fundamentals.
• Improve first-pass yield, process capability, cycle time, repeatability and reduction of rework and scrap.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of direct process engineering, technical process ownership or advanced manufacturing experience involving aerospace electroplating or chemical processing.
• Hands-on technical knowledge of hard chrome plating in an aerospace, aviation, defense or similarly controlled precision-manufacturing environment.
• Experience processing precision-machined components where plating thickness, dimensional tolerance, masking boundaries and post-processing are critical.
• Ability to interpret aerospace drawings, specifications, purchase-order requirements and process standards.
• Working knowledge of plating chemistry, electrochemistry, current density, rectification, anode and cathode relationships, bath control, filtration and process troubleshooting.
• Experience developing or maintaining technique sheets, routings, work instructions, process plans or other controlled manufacturing documentation.
• Demonstrated root-cause analysis, corrective-action and technical-writing ability.
• Ability to work full-time and on-site in Sun Valley, California.

Equivalent hands-on aerospace plating experience will be considered. A specific degree is not required when the candidate can demonstrate the technical depth needed to own these processes.