Senior Engineer, Material Review Board (R5309)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Evaluate nonconforming material, damaged hardware, returned components, production escapes, field returns, and repairable assemblies.
• Develop and document dispositions such as rework, repair, use-as-is, return-to-vendor, or scrap recommendations in accordance with established approval authority.
• Create or update repair instructions, inspection criteria, and supporting technical documentation.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, inspection results, manufacturing records, repair history, photographs, and other field evidence.
• Coordinate with responsible engineers and cross-functional partners to ensure dispositions are safe, technically sound, executable, and properly approved.
• Support returned-material evaluations, production-quality deficiency reviews, field-hardware investigations, and production-escape resolution.
• Maintain complete, accurate, traceable, and configuration-controlled MRB records.
• Identify recurring nonconformances, manufacturing defects, supplier issues, field damage, and repair challenges; elevate trends for further investigation.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, manufacturing, materials, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant technical experience.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in Material Review Board, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, sustaining engineering, aerospace structures, aviation maintenance engineering, hardware product support, or…
• Experience evaluating nonconforming hardware, damaged components, returned material, production escapes, field failures, or repairable assemblies.
• Working knowledge of nonconforming-material processes, MRB workflows, repair or rework dispositions, inspection records, engineering documentation, and corrective-action systems.
• Experience developing or supporting repair instructions, rework instructions, inspection criteria, use-as-is evaluations, or scrap/replacement recommendations.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, inspection results, manufacturing records, repair records, and field evidence.
• Sound technical judgment and the ability to recognize when an issue requires additional analysis or escalation to the appropriate engineering authority.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills, including the ability to clearly explain a technical disposition and its supporting rationale.