CMC Senior Product Engineer

Job Description Summary

The CMC Product Engineer is a key technical and operations leader in the Composites Technology Center responsible for the strategic management of process improvements, product stability, and growth across both Commercial and Military ceramic matrix composite (CMC) product lines. This role ensures that CMC components are produced with the highest levels of safety and quality, at the lowest overall cost, and in alignment with customer delivery commitments and site SQDC goals.

• Serve as the primary owner for assigned CMC products, accountable for their technical definition, manufacturability, qualification, and production readiness
• Manage the product lifecycle from new product introduction through full-rate production, including sustaining engineering and continuous improvement activities

• Lead overall operations planning, including capacity analysis, rate readiness, staffing assumptions, and capital/tooling needs
• Ensure that production routings, standard work, and process control plans support stable, predictable execution
• Coordinate internal and external operations to balance safety, quality, delivery, and cost

• Be accountable for product quality and on‑time delivery of CMC parts to the final customer
• Define and maintain part routings, work instructions, and operational sequencing through internal shops and outside vendors
• Ensure nonconformances are rapidly contained, investigated, and permanently corrected using robust root‑cause and corrective action methodologies

• Collaborate closely with Process Engineering to define, validate, and control production operations and processes for CMC components (e.g., layup, curing, machining, inspection, coating)
• Ensure that process changes are properly qualified, documented, and flowed down through travelers, work instructions, and control plans

• Drive SPS coordination between Design, Materials, and Quality Engineering to ensure bill of material accuracy, drawing and specification alignment, and robust material planning
• Support drawing reviews, design for manufacturability, and engineering change implementation

• Serve as the primary focal for assigned products to internal and external customers, including program management, commercial teams, and field/customer support
• Represent the product in program reviews, risk assessments, and customer‑facing discussions on safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance

• Lead and/or actively contribute to specialized cross‑functional teams focused on improving safety, quality, cost, and delivery for your products
• Utilize structured problem‑solving, data analysis, and continuous improvement tools to address chronic issues, reduce escape risk, improve yields, and stabilize processes

• Plan and execute projects that span multiple operations and functions, ensuring strong communication, risk management, and clear milestones
• Lead product‑related changes (e.g., design updates, process changes, supplier transitions) through formal change management processes, ensuring robust validation and minimal disruption to production

• Maintain awareness of industry best practices in CMC manufacturing and integrate relevant technologies and methods into the value stream
• Collaborate with research labs (e.g., GRC) and high‑volume shops (e.g., Asheville, Batesville) to leverage lessons learned, transfer technology, and standardize best practices
• Monitor competitive trends and differentiators in CMC technology and manufacturing

• Use technical experience, analytical thinking, and data‑driven decision making to tackle complex manufacturing challenges
• Analyze yield data, process capability, nonconformance trends, and cost performance to identify improvement opportunities
• Propose solutions that may fall outside established parameters, balancing technical risk and…