Employment Opportunities

UDRI is seeking a Sustainment Technology Technician for additive manufacturing in cold spray technology development and transition. This is a full time benefit eligible position that offers health, dental and vision insurance, retirement, disability, tuition assistance for you and your dependents, vacation/sick accrual and holiday pay.

This position will support advanced manufacturing programs for sustainment activities. The position will serve as a sustainment technician for cold spray technologies, including part/repair setup, cold spray deposit generation, and equipment operation and maintenance. The successful candidate will understand cold spray or other thermal spray techniques, other repair techniques and additive manufacturing and will provide guidance on design for manufacturability, equipment and part set up and part processing. The position will support design, manufacturing, and test/validation of hardware/procedures for cold spray repair technologies. The successful candidate may be assigned to assist an engineer or scientist or may work under the direction of a more experienced technician. The majority of work will support government customers, with some industry and academic partners being supported as well.

T2 minimum qualifications:
• High school graduation or its equivalent.
• A minimum of three years of related technical experience is required.
• Formal technical training beyond high school can be substituted for two years of related experience.
• Knowledge of cold spray processes.
• Due to requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. Citizen.

T3 minimum qualifications:
• High school graduation or its equivalent.
• Employees are expected to be proficient at routine and advanced technical functions in support of a research activity with general supervision.
• Minimum of eight years of related technical experience.
• Formal technical training beyond high school can be substituted for two years of related experience.
• Knowledge of cold spray processes and testing requirements.
• Expected to exercise sound technical judgment, initiative, and ingenuity.
• Due to requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. Citizen.

While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

• 2+ years’ experience in operating cold spray, thermal spray, HVOF, or other thermal spray equipment.
• Experience with operating additive manufacturing equipment, plastics or metals based.
• Metal Working experience (Mill, Lathe, sheet metal fabrication)
• Experience with programming/operating industrial CNC/robotic equipment.
• Demonstrated experience with lab environments and adherence to lab policies and procedures.
• Experience in interacting with design and manufacturing engineers and other technical personnel.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills.
• Effective verbal communication skills with team members at all levels.
• Demonstrated organizational skills.

Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity, achieve equitable outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, we will not discriminate against minorities, women, protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, or on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.