Staff Additive Manufacturing Engineer
Core
Provide technical leadership for end-to-end metal additive manufacturing execution, from build completion through final shipment, ensuring complex customer hardware meets quality and delivery requirements.
Role type
Staff Additive Manufacturing Engineer (Production & Process)
Builds
Metal parts via powder bed fusion, post-processed hardware, and finished components for government/defense clients
Domain
Aerospace, Defense, Space, Government Contract Manufacturing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> physical/clinical work (specifically: metal additive manufacturing parts and processes)
Required skills
Metal additive manufacturing (powder bed fusion), post-processing (heat treatment, depowdering, EDM), GD&T, dimensional metrology, process optimization, DfAM, root cause analysis, cross-functional leadership
Preferred skills
Aerospace/defense industry experience, government contract environment experience, export-controlled hardware experience
Technologies
Powder bed fusion, Solukon depowdering, wire EDM, furnace thermal cycles, scan-based inspection
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end AM execution from build to shipment; Establish and improve production strategies for metal AM workflows; Lead advanced post-build quality assessments and process capability improvements; Develop and optimize post-processing strategies (furnace, depowdering, EDM); Own technical strategy for wire EDM processing of additive builds; Define metrology and dimensional control strategies; Create shrink-rate databases and compensation methodologies; Provide DfAM leadership for high-risk hardware; Lead investigations into AM failure modes; Drive cross-functional alignment for production flow; Mentor engineers and technicians; Support customer-facing technical discussions
Seniority
Staff, technical authority & strategic leadership
