LIAISON ENGINEER

Location: Portland, OR
Hourly rate: $60.00 - $98.00
Contractor benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k, Overtime
Variable Shifts: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and can include weekends. Must be able to work all 3 shifts.
Position Responsibilities:
· Analyzes, conducts root cause analysis and develops dispositions for production non-conformances.
· Applies knowledge of company design principles to assess and resolve product/process issues through the product lifecycle.
· Applies engineering principles to research technical, operational and quality issues in support of executing final engineering solutions.
· Identifies documents, analyzes reported problems and communicates deviations that could impact design intent and safety; recommends and manages resolution.
· Develops and implements product/process improvements.
· Supports Integrated Product Teams (IPT) and participates in design reviews.
· Represents the engineering community from initial build through the production and post-production environment.
· Ensures supplier and build partner compliance with company standards.
· Develops customer correspondence for continued safe operation and maintenance of equipment.
· Participates in on-site disabled product repair teams, accident investigation and support teams.
· Analyzes damage repair or structural modification to determine appropriate jacking and shoring, prevent collateral damage and assure a safe work environment.
· Designs interim structural repairs and conducts static strength analysis.
· Develops non-destructive test procedures, tools and standards.
This position is fully onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed locations. This position involves daily exposure to factory environment which includes stairs, trip hazards, high noise areas, chemical hazards (breathing and handling), and entering airplanes during their many stages of build.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
· Bachelor’s or Masters of Science Degree from an ABET OR ABET equivalent accredited course of study in Engineering
· 5 or more years of experience in structures, systems, design, or production engineering (Mid- Level).
· 2+ or more years of experience in prior Engineering Materiel Review Board
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
Liaison engineers that have experience across the following, will be looked for:
· Understanding for materials
· Material types - steel, aluminum, titanium - strength/capabilities
· Material forms – bar stock, forgings, castings and reactions to machining
· Post machining processing
· Understanding machining and machining limitations
· Geometry and sequencing for material removal (multiple pass, speed and feed of cutter)
· Machine practices – machining, broaching, honing, etc
· Load path analysis for complex, integrated shapes – thin walls, undercuts, mismatches
· Surface condition and prep – discoloration, burns, drill/cutter breaks (FOD)
· Understanding of machined part dimensions and tolerance (GD&T)
· GD&T – True position, parallel surface, bonus tolerance, etc. - used heavily (GD&T training 77100 Course – minimum)
· Interpret drawing datums, surfaces, profiles for tolerancing
· Examples - requirements between gear/shaft fit up into housings, fit up of housing sections (base and cover)
· Spatial Analyzer analysis/modeling of discrepant conditions
· Metrology - methods, limitations, and interpretation
· Understanding of gears/shafts and gear interaction
· Gear table understanding
· Details - Teeth/spline profiles, runout, measurement over wires
· Install – gear patterns, gear engagement, bearing/shaft fit
· Understanding of material processing
· Heat treat, induction hardening, stress relief
· Shot and glass peening, abrasive blast cleaning, etching
· Plating – cad, chrome, Zi-Ni
· Finishing – anodize, passivate, primer and paint sequence
· Understanding functional test requirements
· Diagnosing impacts to operation and performance at the airplane level
· Range of FT acceptance – RPM, Torque, gaps/clearance
· Understanding of general repair for machined parts
· -M bushings, heli-coils, and inserts on oversized bores and holes
· Blending on machined materials, re-processing, re-finishing requirements
· Corrosion protection post processing rework - seal and primer requirements
Must be U.S. Person for purposes of Export Compliance.

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