# Processing Engineer (Plating and Heat Treating)

Position Summary Carson Operations is seeking an experienced Process Engineer to support and improve heat treatment, plating, and special manufacturing processes within our aerospace fastener manufacturing operations. This position is responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing manufacturing processes to ensure product quality, operational efficiency, and compliance with aerospace industry standards. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with heat treatment and plating operations, strong technical troubleshooting abilities, and direct experience supporting Nadcap audits. The Process Engineer will partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering to resolve process challenges, improve manufacturing performance, and maintain compliance with customer and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities Process Engineering & Technical Support Develop, implement, and improve heat treatment, plating, and related manufacturing processes for aerospace fasteners. Provide technical support to production teams to troubleshoot process issues, equipment performance, and product nonconformances. Establish and maintain process parameters, work instructions, manuf

- **Id**: 4203519
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/howmet-aerospace-processing-engineer-plating-and-heat-treating>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Carson, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T18:22:07Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T17:18:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5204
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Flexible schedule, Health insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Metals & Metallurgy, Automotive Components

## Company

- **Id**: 2065140
- **Name**: Howmet Aerospace
- **Domain**: howmet.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/howmet>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 61
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.574
- **Repost share**: 0.049
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 48
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 110000
- **Max**: 130000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 130000

## Technologies

- **CAPA** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T23:01:22Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 48
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 130000
- **Is top pay**: no

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