Senior Materials & Process Engineer

Senior Materials & Process Engineer $140000 - $190000 per year | Santa Ana, CA | On-Site | Permanent Brazing / Joining Process Engineer (Aerospace / Defense) A bit about us: Founded nearly 40 years ago and based in California, we are a Southern California contract manufacturer specializing in the joining of materials through advanced processes. Our work supports aerospace, defense, and other high-reliability industries where precision, repeatability, and technical rigor matter. Why join us? High Technical Visibility: This is the foundational materials/joining engineering role at the site, with direct influence on production, R&D, and customer-facing technical strategy Build Something Meaningful: Opportunity to establish and formalize the company’s brazing and materials engineering capability from the ground up Hands-On Environment: Work closely with production, quality, and operations in a floor-centric engineering culture Challenging Work: Solve real-world joining problems involving dissimilar metals, ceramics, atmosphere control, and high-reliability manufacturing requirements On-Site Role: Join a collaborative Southern California manufacturing team where engineering presence on the floor Job Details Education: Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, Welding Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. Experience: Minimum 8–12 years of experience in materials joining engineering, with brazing as a primary technical specialty. Technical Expertise: Hands‑on experience with brazing of dissimilar material combinations, including metals, ceramics, or composites. Process Knowledge: Deep understanding of filler metals, flux systems, atmosphere furnace brazing, and torch/induction brazing processes. Drawings & GD&T: Proficiency interpreting engineering drawings per ASME Y14.5 and identifying manufacturability concerns related to joining processes. Production Transition Experience: Demonstrated success taking joining processes from prototype/R&D phase into repeatable serial production. Problem Solving: Strong root cause analysis and corrective action skills tied to real production joint failures. Communication: Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to production personnel, customers, and cross-functional teams. Preferred: Experience in aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments; familiarity with AMS, AWS, MIL-spec brazing standards, AS9100, and NADCAP systems. Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Information collected and processed as part of your Jobot candidate profile, and any job applications, resumes, or other information you choose to submit is subject to Jobot's Privacy Policy, as well as the Jobot California Worker Privacy Notice and Jobot Notice Regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools which are available at jobot.com/legal. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Jobot, and/or its agents and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy here: jobot.com/privacy-policy #J-18808-Ljbffr