Friction Materials Technician

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Friction Materials Technician

Group: Aerospace Group N. America Division: Braking Systems Location : USA AKRON OH Job Family : Engineering Job Type : Regular Posted : Jul 28, 2026 Job ID : 67229

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The Technician supports and assists engineers in a variety of technical tasks related to research and development, implementation, and/or operations. Task range from basic to complex machining and require a practical understanding of relevant materials engineering concepts.

+ Setup R&D machining operations for materials on the lathe, mill, and CNC

+ Setup and initiates eng i nee r i n g t e sts an d de t a il e d e x pe r i m en t a l t e sti n g o f thermal conductivity, oxidation, adhesion, density, open porosity, strength, hardness and measurement data

+ Analyzes data to support the needs of the R&D and Engineering team for sample preparation, thermal conductivity, oxidation, adhesion, density, open porosity, strength, hardness and measurement data

+ Aids in preforming, jigging, handling, processing, machining and anti-oxidation coating of R&D and Production brake stacks for processing, validation, and testing

+ Suggests new equipment and upgrades need to current lab equipment like preforming equipment, furnaces, testing equipment, office upgrades, etc. and writes Capital Expenditure Requests (CERs) to purchase equipment

+ Programs controllers for CVI and heat treat furnaces. Uploads G-code for CNC machining equipment. Sets up and operates equipment as necessary

+ Ot he r r e s pon si b iliti e s a s a ssi gne d

+ R egu l a r , c on sist en t an d pun ct ua l a tt endan ce is r equ i r ed . M a y nee d to w o r k n i gh ts an d w ee k end s, v a r i ab le sc hedu l e ( s) an d add iti ona l hou r s a s ne c e ss a r y to operate equipment.

+ A Se c onda r y C e r tific a t e /Hi g h S c hoo l Di p l o m a o r equ i v a l en t in c o m b i na ti o n with r e l e v an t edu c a ti o n an d w o r k e x pe r i en ce in machining and/or material lab work t ha t w ill a ll o w s u cc e ssf u l pe r f o r m an ce o f j o b e x pe ct a ti on s

+ 2-year technical or bachelor’s degree preferred

+ 3 y ea r s o f r e l e v an t e x pe r i en ce

+ E x c e ll en t k no w l edg e an d unde r st and i n g o f frictional materials eng i nee r i n g p r o c e ss e s

+ Ab ility to e ff e cti v e ly m anag e ti m e a r oun d m u lti p le p r o j e cts

+ Excellent knowledge and experience machining frictional materials via lathe, mill, and CNC machine

+ S t r on g p r o fici en cy w ith M S Office app lic a ti on s: W o r d , E x c e l, Outlook, an d Po w e r Po i n t

+ G oo d c o mm un ic a ti o n s k ills bo th w r itt e n an d v e r ba l

+ D e m on st r a t e d st r on g i n t e r pe r s ona l s k ills, w o r k e t h ics an d ab ility to d r i v e t a s k s to c o m p l e ti o n

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