Sr. Forge Engineer

Responsibilities for this Position

Sr. Forge Engineer

US-TX-Garland

Job ID: 2023-17099

Type: Full Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Engineering

Garland TX

Overview

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a premier provider of ordnance weapons and tactical systems to the U.S. Department of Defense and allied nations, has an opening for a Sr. Forge Engineer to join our Garland Team. We take pride in supporting the mission of the warfighter by delivering the best, to the best. Our products can be found with every U.S. military branch and with allies around the world. We are looking for a motivated and creative leader to help shape and support our mission.

GD-OTS offers great benefits effective the first day of employment! Medical, dental, vision, and 4o1k, among other benefits are available without a waiting period and offered at a low cost to you.

Responsibilities

Summery: Sr. Forge Engineer will develop procedures required to manufacture Aerospace and Munitions aluminum and magnesium forgings efficiently.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Capable of designing final forging configuration around machine part envelopes.
• Pre-form part design, blocker part design, die design, support tooling and fixture design.
• Working knowledge of process to create simple shaped hand-forgings.
• Working knowledge of forging process and capable of supporting manufacturing.
• Manage 1st article tryouts to identify optimum production process.
• Able to lead a small multi-functional team and manage multiple assignments in order to meet operation schedule and quality requirements.
• Supply engineering support to maintenance as required on hydraulic presses and other equipment.
• Maintain competency in CATIA, ACAD, Solidworks.
• Maintain competency in GD&T application and interpretation.
• Maintain competency in CNC router programming, both 2D and 3D.
• Confer with management, engineering and shop personnel to implement plans and recommendations.
• Familiar with and capable of using Six Sigma tools to identify root causes of continuing production problems and able to identify and implement corrective actions to eliminate root cause.
• Engineering management of assigned production area.

Job Dimensions (Budget, Staff, Work Environment, etc.):

• Reports to the Manager, Engineering
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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Qualifications

Major Competencies/Skills:

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as stress and strain, probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Experience with Hydraulic Forging Press Aluminum Die Design (Preform, Blocker, Finisher) Design
• Closed Die (Precision & Conventional) Tooling experience
• Open Die Tooling experience
• Ability to manage Floor Tryout / 1st Article Oversite of Design Through To Production Release

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from a four-year college or university;
• Or at least ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have a minimum of 8-10 years experience designing tooling and processes for the manufacture of aluminum and magnesium forgings for the aerospace and/or munitions industry.
• 5 plus years of die design preferred.
• Experience with ACAD, Solidworks, and CATIA and/or other 3D modeling experience preferred

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.