Description
Design, validate, and apply advanced NDT methods to ensure the safety and integrity of structures, vehicles, and vessels using x-ray, ultrasound, fiber optics, and related technologies; lead research, data analysis, and standards-compliant implementation.
- • Lead and mentor NDT researchers, engineers, and trainees.
- • Design and optimize radiographic imaging protocols and acquisition parameters.
- • Characterize material properties using calibrated electrical, rheological, and electromagnetic measurements.
- • Invent, model, and validate new NDT methods such as acoustic emission, leak testing, and thermography.
- • Author technical procedures, validation plans, and results reports.
- • Develop algorithms to map subsurface flaws from ultrasonic or sonic data.
- • Oversee radiographic inspections and perform image quality assessments.
- • Advance visual and remote imaging techniques and conduct endoscopic inspections as needed.
- • Perform quantitative data analysis and acceptance determinations per applicable codes and standards.
- • Develop and validate thermographic approaches for defects in concrete and composites.
- • Design ultrasonic inspection techniques for defect detection and sizing.
- • Specify, calibrate, and qualify NDT equipment and sensors.
- • Establish procedures and acceptance criteria for liquid penetrant testing and oversee complex applications.
- • Prepare peer-reviewed publications, technical reports, and stakeholder briefings on NDT findings.
- • Integrate multimodal NDT results and conduct uncertainty and reliability analyses.
- • Plan and lead NDT campaigns on critical assets and translate findings into engineering recommendations.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
