Build Engineer, Castings

Required

• 5+ years of experience in build, manufacturing, or casting engineering with direct ownership of large castings from requirements through production.
• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical, Materials, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience interpreting and defining product requirements from customer specifications, drawings, and contract quality clauses, and translating them into build requirements.
• Working knowledge of large steel castings (sand molding, heat treatment, weld repair) and casting defects, deep enough to drive DFM and set quality levels.
• Experience reverse engineering castings or cast assemblies from incomplete technical data, legacy drawings, or physical parts.
• Understanding of NDT methods for castings (RT, UT, MT, and PT) and how acceptance criteria flow from product requirements.
• Experience structuring BOMs, work orders, and work instructions in PLM, ERP, or MES systems, including engineering change and configuration management.
• Strong GD&T and 3D CAD skills.
• Experience working on a foundry floor with melt, molding, heat treat, and inspection teams, and with outside foundries on first article approval.
• Able to work on-site in Kutztown, PA, or be based in Los Angeles and travel to Kutztown up to 25% of the time.
• What Will Set You Apart
• Experience with solidification simulation software such as MAGMASOFT, ProCAST, or FLOW-3D CAST.