Jobs at Howmet Aerospace

Leads product and process engineering for a casting manufacturing operation. Responsibilities include process control, design reviews, customer and supplier technical support, work-instruction development, quality investigations, tooling and fixture design, cost reduction, statistical analysis, and continuous improvement. The role interfaces closely with production teams and translates customer requirements into compliant manufacturing processes while improving safety, reliability, efficiency, and profitability.

Plans and schedules manufacturing workflows, coordinates with customers and plant departments, tracks orders and open items, expedites delayed operations, monitors schedule attainment and on-time delivery, reconciles shipments, and resolves issues affecting production or shipment timelines. The role also manages customer communications, purchase order coverage, order processing, inventory and capacity considerations, and schedule adjustments based on demand and unforeseen conditions.

Investigate metal properties and processing for aerospace forgings made from ferrous, titanium, and nickel alloys. Develop hot-working, cold-working, and heat-treatment processes; troubleshoot nonconforming parts; support quality documentation, customer contract reviews, continuous improvement, cost reduction, furnace surveys, and operator qualification. Collaborate with engineering, operations, sales, and heat-treatment teams while ensuring compliance with aerospace quality requirements and customer specifications.

Supports corporate treasury and finance projects involving capital structure, liquidity analysis, risk management, working capital optimization, banking relationships, securitizations, lease financing, and policy research. The intern uses Excel, PowerPoint, and Oracle Smart View while gaining practical experience through a 12-week program in Pittsburgh.

Manages customer demand, orders, inventory, and logistics programs for aerospace fastener products. Coordinates with customers, suppliers, manufacturing, shipping, purchasing, warehouse, and quality teams to resolve issues, negotiate deliveries, allocate inventory, and improve inbound and outbound product flows. Reviews demand and inventory data, supports forecasting and production planning, coordinates RMAs and discrepancies, and contributes to process improvement projects.

Supports manufacturing finance and accounting through capital expenditure management, fixed asset accounting, inventory controls, reconciliations, month-end close, financial reporting, variance analysis, spend monitoring, SOX compliance, audits, and process improvement. The role collaborates with Finance, Operations, Engineering, Procurement, and project teams to maintain accurate records, strengthen internal controls, investigate discrepancies, and improve financial processes.

Resolves manufacturing and shipment quality issues, drives root-cause and corrective-action activities, administers quality systems, supports continuous improvement, and represents customer quality requirements. The engineer leads quality initiatives, communicates functional changes and concerns, secures customer approvals, and serves as a liaison between customers, engineering, and production teams.

Develops and qualifies aerospace fastener products, coordinates customer testing, prepares drawings and qualification documentation, troubleshoots product and installation issues, and supports manufacturing process improvements. The role oversees product flow from design through production, participates in MRB investigations and cross-functional improvement teams, applies analytical and simulation tools, and ensures compliance with AS9100, safety, environmental, and customer requirements.

Recruits and interviews candidates, develops sourcing strategies, partners with hiring leaders, manages job advertising and applicant data, conducts reference and background checks, supports onboarding and exit interviews, and administers relocation programs. The role requires strong communication, organization, persuasion, compliance awareness, and the ability to deliver a positive candidate experience in an on-site manufacturing environment.

Supports corporate cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance activities, including risk assessments, policy and standards development, control reviews, audit readiness, framework alignment, remediation tracking, and cybersecurity reporting. The intern also gains exposure to data loss prevention, investigations, vulnerability management, security awareness, and incident response while collaborating with the information security team.

Develop and maintain manufacturing and project quality plans; analyze process capability using PFMEA, GR&R, and SPC; investigate CAPAs; conduct internal ISO and supplier audits; ensure AS9100 and regulatory compliance; support Lean continuous improvement; prepare quality documentation, metrics, and procedures; and collaborate cross-functionally on quality requirements and cost reduction.

Supports aerospace manufacturing operations, performs Material Review Board dispositions, maintains manufacturing routers, and drives process improvements for quality and productivity. Collaborates with engineers and manufacturing personnel to resolve production issues. Applies expertise in aerospace standards, fastener manufacturing, metal forming, machining, testing, surface treatments, and heat treatment processes.

Senior Quality Engineer responsible for customer quality liaison, complaint and return analysis, corrective actions, statistical quality improvement, plant audits, quality procedure development, and manufacturing process monitoring. The role supports testing methods, tooling, new product development, and collaboration among manufacturing, quality, engineering, sales, customers, and suppliers. Travel to customers and suppliers may be required, along with compliance with safety and environmental procedures.

Plans and controls production schedules to meet customer demand, revenue, cost, and inventory goals. Coordinates with teams to gather scheduling inputs, analyzes inventory and forecasts demand, tracks production progress, resolves scheduling conflicts, improves scheduling processes, and generates performance reports. Requires strong Excel skills, organizational ability, analytical problem-solving, and willingness to work on the shop floor with PPE.

Designs and supports scalable data lakes, lakehouses, warehouses, AI platforms, and ETL/ELT pipelines across cloud and hybrid environments. Builds data integrations, models, semantic datasets, and data products using Azure, Fabric, Python, PySpark, and SQL. Implements data quality, governance, monitoring, security, and performance optimization, including Power BI refresh and row-level security. Collaborates with business and technical stakeholders to define analytics requirements and may lead medium-sized projects.

Leads a process engineering team responsible for metallurgical aspects of investment casting, new product development, production processes, yield improvement, cost reduction, and customer quality requirements. Develops manufacturing routings and processing instructions, debugs casting processes, drives continuous improvement, provides technical customer support, and mentors 4–8 Process Engineers while ensuring safety, quality, and operational performance.

Leads strategic sourcing and procurement for assigned commodities and services in a manufacturing environment. Develops sourcing strategies, evaluates suppliers, negotiates contracts and pricing, analyzes total cost of ownership, drives cost reductions, and manages supplier performance, quality, delivery, and relationships. Processes requisitions and purchase orders, supports supplier qualification and development, collaborates cross-functionally, and ensures compliance with company, safety, and environmental standards.

Optimise manufacturing processes, equipment reliability, maintenance activities, automation and capital projects. Conduct root-cause analyses, coordinate vendors and multidisciplinary teams, implement continuous-improvement initiatives, monitor performance indicators, ensure EHS compliance, and reduce operating costs while improving quality and equipment availability.

Leads quality engineering activities for aerospace manufacturing, including customer quality interface, complaint resolution, nonconformance investigations, corrective actions, audits, product disposition, shipment clearance, quality metrics, and continuous improvement. Coaches Quality Engineers and partners with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Planning, Shipping, and Sales to ensure product conformity, customer satisfaction, and compliance with applicable requirements.

Paid 12-week summer internship supporting procurement and supply chain teams. The intern will work on process-improvement projects involving scheduling, order-to-pay processes, and supplier forecasting, reviewing current-state processes and recommending and implementing improvements. The program includes leadership presentations, manufacturing plant tours, networking, and social activities.