Sr. Composite Applications Engineer

About the role

With our strong investment in research and development and our culture of continuous improvement, Hexcel is the industry leader in the manufacturing of advanced lightweight composite materials, including carbon fiber, woven reinforcements, resins, prepregs, honeycombs and engineered core and composite structures. We invite you to join the Hexcel team at various manufacturing sites, sales offices, and R&D centers around the globe. Become a part of the "strength within."

Hexcel is currently seeking a Sr. Composite Applications Engineer for our Salt Lake City, UT, USA location.

The selected individual will be responsible for but not limited to the following obligations:

• Conducting research in aerospace composite materials and manufacturing including autoclave processing, OOA, RTM, AFP, compression molding, stamping etc., including design and build of equipment for composite fabrication.
• Interfacing with customers representing our products and helping customers understand how to properly process our materials into state-of-the-art composite parts, and producing demonstrators using Hexcel products.
• Effective communication liaison between key customer and internal Hexcel focals- customer business team staff, production, marketing, and R&D.
• Evaluating customer proposal requests and authoring requests for information and quotes, investigating new processing technologies, staying current with the literature, and publish scientific papers.
• Interacting with academia, customers, attending professional conferences on a regular basis as a subject matter expert on Hexcel's products.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in composite field such as materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, composites engineering, manufacturing engineering or aerospace engineering with significant industrial experience in composite materials and processing techniques, preferably in aerospace part manufacturing. PhD with 3+ years of experience, master's degree with 5+ years of experience or bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Must have hands on experience building composite parts with various techniques such as OOA, RTM, AFP, hand layup, compression molding, stamp forming, etc.
• Ability to innovate new ideas and processes to push forward composites materials in the industry and put Hexcel at the forefront of development
• Travel and work with customers demonstrating the benefits of Hexcel materials and processes. Support the company in presenting a reliable and respectable image to customers. Must be willing/able to travel up to 20%.
• Support the company in presenting a reliable and respectable image to customers.
• To research and fully understand competitive materials, technologies, and processes along with assisting/influencing Hexcel internal R&D teams in the development of materials driven from industry knowledge in support of specific applications, or a technology need.
• Preference given for individuals with aerospace composite experience including composite design, composite tool design, or automation.
• Must be a self-starter, able to communicate technical information to experts and non-experts, work cross functionally with other R&D and business teams, interact with customers, peers, and academia.

Additional information

Eligible candidates must be a: U.S. citizen, U.S. national, person lawfully admitted for permanent residence, temporary resident under sections 210(a) or 245(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, person admitted in refugee status, or person granted asylum. Hexcel (NYSE: HXL) is a global leader in advanced composites technology, a leading producer of carbon fiber, and the world leader in honeycomb manufacturing for the commercial aerospace industry.