Senior Materials Engineer (Metal 3D Printing)
Core
Establishing the company's Materials & Process (M&P) infrastructure, strategy, and best practices for advanced metal 3D printing technology.
Role type
Senior Materials Engineer (Metal Additive Manufacturing)
Builds
Industrial-scale metal parts via AI-native manufacturing systems
Domain
Advanced manufacturing / Metal 3D printing / Metallurgy
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Materials engineering fundamentals, metallurgy knowledge, sample preparation (cutting, grinding, polishing, etching), optical microscopy, tensile strength testing, microstructure analysis, dimensional accuracy measurement, statistical data analysis (R, JMP, Minitab), process optimization, automation development
Preferred skills
Master's or PhD in materials science/engineering/metallurgy, 10+ years materials engineering experience, metal additive manufacturing experience, laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) expertise, complex materials equipment operation
Technologies
R, JMP, Minitab
Responsibilities
Establish M&P best practices and testing infrastructure; operate equipment to measure material properties; generate and track quality metrics for printed parts; analyze and interpret data to present findings; collaborate with process development to improve upstream printing processes; create automation for M&P procedures; strategize continuous improvement plans for system performance and scalability
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC