What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Test Engineer position at Beyond Gravity?
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About Beyond Gravity
Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1700 professionals, spread across 13 locations in six countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites and launchers industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.
The Material Test Engineer will own the complete material testing value stream, managing the creation, shipping, and testing of materials testing performed internally & externally to the company. This role is responsible for testing composite materials at the coupon, element, subcomponent, and component levels. This role will also be expected to manage test schedules, test reports, and lab resources as needed
Your Mission
Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. Propel your career to new heights by applying. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.
 
For questions regarding the position, please contact: Blake Townsend | blake.townsend@beyondgravity.com 
For questions regarding the position or recruitment process, please contact: Michelle Lach | michelle.lach@beyondgravity.com  
Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.
Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.
About Beyond Gravity
Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1700 professionals, spread across 13 locations in six countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites and launchers industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.
The Material Test Engineer will own the complete material testing value stream, managing the creation, shipping, and testing of materials testing performed internally & externally to the company. This role is responsible for testing composite materials at the coupon, element, subcomponent, and component levels. This role will also be expected to manage test schedules, test reports, and lab resources as needed
Your Mission
- Determine the materials testing processes / procedure for all in-coming, in-process, offal, and NC testing requirements
- Manage the material testing value stream, ensuring standardization of approach, documentation, and results archiving
- Perform development tests, create and develop technical documentation, establish technical specifications, and manufacturing procedures for launcher structures and other related space products
- Perform sample preparation and support the production team in creation of manufacturing routings and planning for material testing
- Support material characterizations and support the structural design of space structures
- Manage external suppliers to ensure material testing is conducted in-line with internal specifications and results are delivered on-plan as per the Integrated Master Schedule
- Responsible for the establishment of the new equipment installation, verification, acceptance, and long term calibration, collaborate with the Materials & Process group for equivalency investigations
- Supports wider Materials & Process group in all material-based improvements related to Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People.
- B.S. in Materials Science / Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or similar
- 3 Years of directly related experience in mechanical, thermal, and/or physical testing
- Previous experience instrumenting hardware and utilizing digital acquisition (DAQ) systems for capturing various instrumentation data (load cells, thermocouples, strain gauges, digital image correlation (DIC), accelerometers, pressure sensors, etc) and analyzing this data
- Previous experience in overseeing and coordinating production activities in a production environment
- Excellent Program Management Skills
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Passionate and cooperative performer that puts team success first
- Good organizational and coordination skills
- Formal Project Management experience / certification, preferred
- Solid understanding of failure modes, load distribution, stress calculations, etc and how this relates to testing is preferred
- Experience with mechanical testing at the element, subcomponent and component levels is preferred
- Aerospace, and or Carbon Fiber Composite (Sandwich, Laminate) Industry standard testing experience is preferred
Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. Propel your career to new heights by applying. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.
 
For questions regarding the position, please contact: Blake Townsend | blake.townsend@beyondgravity.com 
For questions regarding the position or recruitment process, please contact: Michelle Lach | michelle.lach@beyondgravity.com  
Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.
Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.