Tribologist

at  Woodward Inc

WOODWARD’S DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMITMENT

At Woodward, no matter where you are from, your physical appearance, or how you identify, you deserve the opportunity to reach your greatest potential. We are on a journey to achieve this as an organization and want to work closely with our members to set the right path.
We humbly acknowledge this will be an imperfect journey. Yet, we are steadfastly committed to embracing the power of diverse people, perspectives and experiences for our current members, attracting the best talent across our communities, and creating an inclusive and rewarding workplace for all.

Woodward supports our members’ wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

• Estimated annual base pay: Level 3 - $92,800(minimum) - $116,000(midpoint) - $139,200(maximum)
• Estimated annual base pay: Level 4 - $114,400(minimum) - $143,000(midpoint) - $171,600(maximum)
• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity
• 401(k) match (4.5%)
• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits
• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
• Member referral bonus
• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• Voluntary benefits, including:
• Home / Auto Insurance discounts
• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Are you ready to make your mark? If you’re a Tribologist, we have an exciting opportunity for you. The Tribologist reports to engineering manager and receives mentorship from Sr. Technical Fellow, Tribology and whose focus is performing independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria in carrying out a sequence of science and engineering analysis tasks concerning lubrication, friction and wear. This position works under a moderate to low level of supervision. Independent technical decisions on work are covered by precedents; this position seeks direction/guidance on novel or controversial problems. In addition, this position may participate in project-specific relationship building with customers, suppliers, individuals or organizations.

• Understand and implement complex process-structure-property relationships for existing and new product platforms.
• Performs mechanical tribological friction and wear tests such as pin-on-disk, reciprocating, fretting, abrasion, calot and similar on engineered materials, special processes and tribological coatings all in variable environments such as high temperature, vacuum, greases, fuels etc.
• Supports audits as required: internal, supplier, customer, third party
• Evaluation of materials, processes and wear using techniques such as electron microscopy, light microscopy, XPS, AES, Raman, XRD, scratch testing, macro, micro and nano-indention and the like
• Designs, produces and evaluates tribological and other functional thin film coatings using PVD and other special processes
• Supports design reviews
• Independently represents Woodward at our customers and vendors
• Supports activities that oversee engineering changes and process changes
• Supports activities that require some specialization such as electroplating, thermal spray, PVD, CVD, spray, special processing, etc.
• Performs qualification of surfaces, hard coatings, lubricant coatings
• Performs complex general failure analysis often involving systems or sub-systems, including system function considerations, operational factors, and related systems or sub-systems. Does follow-up explanation and analysis with any necessary parties
• Mentors level 1 and 2 Materials Engineers. Creates self-development plan
• Disposition NCRs and supports CAC teams
• Proposes corrective action to address nonconformance’s
• Works directly with outside suppliers and customers
• Modifies, creates and approves work instructions
• Independently writes reports and presents results in accordance with scientific and engineering reporting requirements
• Participate in group meetings and corporate wide WIN meetings
• Present results at technical meetings
• Attend STLE, SVC or ICMCTF professional meetings
• Work with Universities and DOD, DOE labs
• Specialize in one area; tribological testing, coatings or surface science and continue to grow expertise and recognition and grow Woodward IP