Welding/Materials Engineer
The Naval Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is seeking a dynamic materials engineer that has experience with welding processes to join our welding engineering department. The selected candidate will develop and qualify weld process parameters and procedures at the West Mifflin location and in consultation with various fabrication vendors and shipyards. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to have hands on experience with development efforts in a welding laboratory utilizing state of the art equipment.
Roles and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Perform engineering evaluations and analyses, and make engineering decisions for all aspects of assigned tasks.
- Planning, designing, modeling, analyzing, documenting, and testing of nuclear, mechanical, structural or electrical components, systems and equipment and facilities.
- Experiences with joining processes including gas tungsten arc welding, gas metal arc welding, shielded metal arc welding, and brazing.
- Work may include chemical or materials evaluations, design reviews, operations support, safety analysis, engineering methods and software development, and analysis of vendor's procedures and systems for quality control or manufacturing surveillance.
- Reviewing welding drawings and documents for subcontracted fabrication efforts. Welding consultation efforts on AWS Standards and other company welding policies.
- Experience with planning and executing work programs, analyzing experimental results, and prepare technical reports.
REQUIRED SKILLS *
Intermediate:
- BS degree in engineering or Bachelor's degree in a science related field from an accredited college or university and a minimum of two years of relevant experience; or
- MS degree in engineering or Master's degree in a science related field from an accredited college or university and a minimum of one year of relevant experience
Advanced:
- BS degree in engineering or Bachelor's degree in a science related field from an accredited college or university and a minimum of four years of relevant experience; or
- MS degree in engineering or Master's degree in a science related field from an accredited college or university and a minimum of two years of relevant experience
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Bachelor degrees in Welding Engineering, Material Science or Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering are preferred.
- Experience with welding or have metallurgical experience with stainless steel and NI-Cr-Fe alloys is a plus.
- Experience with developing and presenting technical presentation.
- Experience with writing technical reports.
- Willingness to work in a laboratory setting with also perform analytic work such as running computer models in various software.
- The ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with welders and engineers is a plus.