Job Description
Job Description
$43600 - $71300
Associate Quality Engineer - New Hartford NY
Summary
This position as Associate Engineer performs entry level professional assignments and follows established policies. This position requires some professional judgment and a limited use and / or application of basic principles, theories, and concepts
Essential Functions
- Schedule preventative maintenance for laboratory equipment as required.
- Maintain a tidy work area and always work safely.
- Analyze VIM / ESR / VAR / Anneal charts and records.
- Check to make sure all VAR / ESR sequence numbers and heat numbers are present and consistent on all charts and records.
- Check to make sure all charts conform to applicable internal procedures.
- Print out the electronic chart associated with each record and combine each VAR BBD & PLD chart
- Run the SMC Post Processor on the data from each record (when applicable).
- Perform calculations for material removal when necessary.
- Create Internal Review Reports when required and answer any Variances associated with the records, consulting the Process Engineers when necessary.
- Input data into Oracle and TIS.
- Prepare each record for record retention and storage.
- Able to run all optical microscopes and the software associated with them.
- Observe and acquire images of defects, grain structure and phase morphology on each specimen as requested.
- Calibrate the microscopes with computers every six months.
- Perform full Metallographic evaluations of Sonic Indications as required.
- Create digital images (Photographs) of slices and customer material as requested by Engineers.
- Keep a master log of all work performed – by date with description of job performed.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
A minimum of an Associate’s degree in a Technical, Science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required. At least 1year of manufacturing or lab experience in the aerospace materials industry is preferred.Employee must be able to demonstrate core competencies within 6 months of employment.Special Skills
Must have instrumental, analytical and / or metallographic experience as well as knowledge of computers, photography and basic metallurgy.Must be able to work independentlyGood communication skillsFlexible under changing prioritiesGood visual acuityStrong attention to detailINDITES