Composites Senior Specialist - Materials & Processes Engineering, Grenaa

Terma is facing an exciting future with considerable growth and demanding changes, as we deliver advanced technologies and mission critical solutions for the defense and aerospace industry. Our systems provide security for people on land, at sea and in the air. In space, we are engaged in reaching new frontiers and enabling people on our planet to deal with new and upcoming challenges.
Therefore, we are currently looking for a Composites Senior Specialist to become part of this journey and contribute to our overall purpose – securing people through advanced technology.

Team and role
As Senior Specialist in the Materials & Processes Engineering department (M&P), you will be the technology owner of the composite manufacturing processes and materials. In this role, you will encounter a high variation in your daily operations and will take part in setting the direction and objectives for your area of expertise. You ensure process and material compliance, quality, and optimization while working closely with a broad range of stakeholders.

This role combines hands-on expertise in advanced composite materials with strategic responsibilities in technical leadership and stakeholder management. Therefore, your day-to-day tasks will alternate between spending time on the production floor, where you will oversee, discuss, or engage in production processes with our skilled production personnel, and spending time at your desk or at home interpreting specification requirements, updating instructions, writing reports, elaborating on test plans and results, studying new technology and analyzing data. Occasionally you will spend time working hands-on with testing and investigation at our Technology Centre.

You will be part of a dedicated small team of highly skilled Specialists and Senior Specialists, currently numbering 5 (including you). The team is diverse in terms of gender, age, and educational background. While each team member has a designated area of responsibility, we support each other and work with the mentality that every task is also the responsibility of the team. M&P has a wide contact area within the organization, meaning that we are always quite busy with a broad range of tasks. However, we nurture and protect a culture that is respectful of personal life, e.g., working flexible hours ensuring a good work/life balance. This includes the possibility of working from home some days a week.

Success in this role will require a solid technical foundation, strong stakeholder management skills and leadership performance. Your work will carry significant responsibility and have a profound impact on civil security and military safety.

Key Responsibilities
As the composite process owner, your primary responsibility will be to oversee our composite processes, including honeycomb core processing, ply-cutting and layup of composite prepreg material, vacuum debulking, adhesive bonding of honeycomb core and composite skin details, vacuum/pressure-assisted autoclave curing, mechanical assembly, mechanical materials testing, electrical bonding, and verification. Your key objectives will be to ensure that all processes comply with customer requirements and are optimized in terms of efficiency, cost, and technology.

In addition to the above, the key responsibilities include:

• Requirement management
• Develop manufacturing process instructions
• Process control management
• Qualification of materials and processes
• Monitoring process performance
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues
• Supporting audits.
• Managing PFMEAs
• Implementing new technology
• Supporting and driving affordability projects
• Provide technical support and advisory to internal stakeholders
• Represent Terma in technical discussions with customers, suppliers and external collaborators.

You will play a key role within Terma Aerostructures A/S and will be a crucial resource for sustaining and developing our production of highly technological aircraft parts. This role will provide you with technical and organizational challenges, and we will support you in your continuous development of competencies.

Qualifications

• Technical education in engineering or science (e.g., process engineering, materials engineering/science, materials physics)
• Process engineering knowledge
• Understanding of material properties and -behavior under varying conditions
• Production or R&D experience in composite manufacturing
• Experience with requirements management

Required education/degree:

• As an ideal candidate for this position, you should possess a technical background and several years of experience in process and/or material engineering, specifically related to composites and composite manufacturing.

Personal profile:

• We seek someone who is highly solution-oriented, analytical and values the significance of production compliance. You should have the ability to navigate a complex organization with integrity. Additionally, you should be proficient in writing clear and concise technical instructions, as well as communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

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Benefits at Terma
At Terma, we prioritize the well-being of our employees, ensuring they are well taken care of. Joining our team comes with a multitude of perks including a focus on social initiatives.
Development Opportunities: Benefit from a personalized development plan, access to our e-learning program, and specific career courses
Flexible Working Hours: Enjoy the opportunity to work flexible and the option to work from home up to two days per week. Internet connection at home is paid by Terma
Comprehensive Benefits Package: Receive a 10% paid pension along with a beneficial health care and insurance package. Enjoy discounts from various business partners
Well-being Perks: Opportunity to enroll in our on-site massage-offer
Social and Professional Events: Participate in various events including sports and talks
Convenient Locations: Our Grenå location has great train/letbane connection to Aarhus and Djursland

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We encourage all individuals to apply for our job openings, as we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. Our commitment to these DEIB principles means we value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of each team member. We strive to ensure that every employee has equal opportunities to succeed, feels respected and valued, and experiences a strong sense of belonging within our organization.
We encourage you to leave out photo, age, and name.

We do not expect you to write an application, but please send us a motivated resume. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed, we only accept applications via www.terma.com. Applications will be processed continuously.

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Any unanswered questions?
Feel free to contact Hiring Manager on this e-mail: [email protected] in case of any further questions regarding this position.

Bear in mind that candidates for this position must be able to obtain a security clearance by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service. This entails that candidates, as a minimum, have stayed within NATO/EU for the last 7 years only interrupted by short stays abroad.
The Denmark based high-tech Terma Group develops products and systems for defense and non-defense security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, self-protection systems for aircraft, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry. TERMA | Allies in innovation.

The high-tech and innovative Terma Group develops products and systems for defense, non-defense and security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, self-protection systems for aircraft and vessels, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry.

Headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, Terma has subsidiaries and operations across Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia Pacific as well as a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, Terma Inc., with offices in Washington D.C., Georgia and Texas.

Application deadline:
Ongoing