As a Principal Research Engineer, you will work in cross-discipline teams to develop differentiating 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) AM. You will take on a wide range of tasks focused on AM material characterization, non-destructive inspection methods, process improvement, and qualification of manufacturing processes while working in collaboration with technology engineers with expertise in controls, process development, post processing, and industrialization of aerospace technologies.
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. 
 

• Support AM process development by researching and executing experiments to develop and characterize titanium as well as other aerospace metallic materials for laser wire directed energy deposition.
• Lead development of non-destructive evaluation methods of additively produced material that meet aerospace requirements for qualification and certification of flight hardware
• Research opportunities for novel methods of new in in situ sensors and analysis methods to improve process and resulting materials as well as predictability and reliability of material properties
• Engage with Aerospace OEM customers technical experts and airworthiness authorities in additive and metallic structure to develop technical requirements and project plans for application of additively manufacture components into aircraft programs
• 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