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Materials & Process Engineer, Technical Authority

Date: Jul 16, 2025

Location:Westlake, TX, US

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

NOTE:  This is an onsite role at the GKN Aerospace US Global Technology Center located in Fort Worth, Texas.

As a Technical Authority Materials & Process Engineer,  you will work in cross-discipline teams to develop differentiating metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology for aerospace structural applications. Your everyday tasks will be to work within GKN Aerospace’s US Global Technology Center team on development of Laser Wire Directed Energy Deposition (DED). You will take on a wide range of tasks focused on metal additive manufacturing (AM) process improvements, automation, simulation, and industrialization while working in collaboration with technology engineers with expertise in materials, machining, non-destructive evaluation/testing, and process development.
You will support development, integration and implement technical solutions and documentation compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed program, schedule, and manufacturing constraints. 

Job Responsibilities

• Support metal additive manufacturing (AM) process development by researching and developing new and novel methods for automation, system control and simulation.
• Engage with other technology development strands such as non-destructive testing, heat treatment, machining, and cell operations to improve metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes.
• Research opportunities to enhance robotic, laser welding, and sensor equipment to allow for more efficient or effective material deposition.
• Develop and implement data acquisition systems to monitor key parameters during metal deposition.
• Support qualification of additive manufacturing (AM) material and components for aerospace applications with both internal and external customers.
• Support Technology Readiness Assessments towards technology maturation into production.
• Stay current with related technical activity within GKN’s global technology team (and through related technology organizations) & ensure effective exchange of results and issues.
• Develop, implement, and check technical solutions and documentation to ensure they are compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed program, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.
• Identify technical problems and apply/integrate solutions.
• Support technical and customer reviews, including the creation and preparation of technical data and presentations.
• Perform all activities with limited supervision and support other engineers with peer-to-peer reviews.
• Identify, manage and mitigate risks for assigned work.

Job Qualifications

• PhD in Metallurgy, Engineering or related technical field
• 5+ years of relevant experience, or substitute for advanced degrees.
• Experience with CAD and other engineering software
• Experience with additively manufactured metallic materials
• Must be a US Citizen to meet export control compliance requirements and perform work subject to ITAR regulations and/or program requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace industry experience 
• Experience with NDE of metallic materials
• Experience with new product development
• Experience with aerospace materials including titanium alloys 
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes data related to traditional and additive manufacturing including machining, heat treatment, and inspection
• Proven ability to review technical documentation
• Excellent in co-operation, networking, team-working
• Experience creating and maintaining databases
• Statistical and data analysis capabilities 
• Able to analyze and interpret customer requirements.
• Able to maintain and report on a budget for assigned activities.
• Worked in cross-functional teams

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further.  And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN.  We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute.  It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’.  By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.​
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