Sr. Engineer, Textile en Albany International Corporation

Job Purpose:

The role of Sr. R&T Engineer is to work as part of a team, supporting, or when appropriate, leading research and development activities related to designing various types of composite preform materials.  These materials may involve braided and/or woven textiles, uni-directional fabrics, etc.  The position entails a broad spectrum of activities, including: developing and documenting new methods and processes; equipment evaluation and development; braided and/or woven textile design, specification, and inspection methodology; analysis of processing data; textile related process development.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support the design, verification, and validation process of new products, technologies, and methods, as they apply to composite manufacturing, including material and component fabrication and physical testing.
• Perform, as necessary, textile preform design, process development, equipment evaluation and manufacturing process modeling using commercial and in-house Computer Aided Design and Engineering (CAD & CAE) software.
• Develop process understanding through a combined empirical and analytical approach; document findings and present to internal and external stakeholders, as required.
• Provide project leaders and supervisors with input for engineering/technical project updates and communication as needed by internal and external customers
• Nothing in this document restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.