Manufacturing Engineer (Additive Manufacturing, LPBF)

Job Description

• Join us in shaping the future of aerospace and defense manufacturing. As an Additive Manufacturing Engineer - Applications, you will serve as a technical bridge between customer requirements and production-ready metal additive manufacturing solutions

• You will work closely with customers and internal teams to evaluate part feasibility, guide Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), support process development, and help scale programs from early engagement through qualification and production

• This is a hands-on, customer-facing engineering role at the intersection of applications engineering, manufacturing execution, and process development

• You will help solve real-world metal AM challenges, convert those solutions into repeatable manufacturing methods, and support the successful launch of high-impact aerospace and defense programs

Customer Technical Support & Requirements Capture: Support technical engagement with customers by gathering requirements, clarifying design intent, and translating program needs into actionable manufacturing plans that align customer requirements with feasible additive manufacturing solutions

Program Feasibility & Application Development: Evaluate part and program fit for metal additive manufacturing, identify technical risks, and develop new additive applications, processes, and manufacturing approaches that expand capability and support new business opportunities

DfAM & Design Reviews: Provide DfAM guidance on build orientation, support strategy, feature design, distortion risk, tolerance approach, and post-processing-aware design decisions while collaborating closely with design, analysis, quality, manufacturing, and responsible engineers

Build Planning & Build File Optimization: Develop and optimize build strategies, build files, and print plans to produce high quality parts in minimum time with maximum consistency, including parameter refinement and support for part nesting, layout, and downstream production constraints

Robustness, Repeatability & Process Improvement: Identify and drive improvements that make printer platforms and additive workflows more robust and repeatable based on machine behavior, failed builds, in-process monitoring data, and hands-on troubleshooting, calibration, and process control improvement efforts

Metal AM Process Support: Partner with internal process and manufacturing teams to optimize and develop all aspects of metal additive manufacturing, especially PBF-LB, including parameter selection, process control, DOE support, process window optimization, and technology maturation

Materials & Process Integration: Work closely with materials and quality teams to investigate properties, geometric accuracy, and surface finish results to help refine print parameters, heat treatments, and manufacturing guidance for existing and new alloys, including aluminum, copper, nickel-based, and other advanced materials as applicable

Post-Processing Integration: Coordinate with internal and external teams across depowder, heat treat, HIP, support removal, machining, finishing, and related secondary processes to ensure end-to-end manufacturability and production readiness

Qualification & Validation Execution: Support qualification planning, validation builds, acceptance criteria definition, and data package development required for customer approval and production release, including alignment with aerospace qualification processes and specifications where required

Data Systems, Traceability & Documentation: Maintain clear engineering documentation, build records, and traceability artifacts, and produce and improve reports, procedures, manuals, and systems that capture results, enable process analysis, and refine development workflows while minimizing administrative burden

Technical Problem Solving: Investigate build, machine, process, and part quality issues using structured root cause analysis and first-principles engineering judgment, and support corrective actions that improve yield, consistency, and equipment performance

Cross-Functional Execution: Work closely with Additive Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Materials, Supply Chain, and Operations to industrialize solutions, coordinate with equipment OEMs when needed, and meet customer commitments

Best Practices, Standardization & Safety: Capture lessons learned, develop best practices for equipment and processes, improve standard work and design guidance, investigate new additive technologies that meet business needs, and identify opportunities to improve safety throughout the additive manufacturing workflow

Technical Communication: Present technical recommendations, trade studies, and status updates clearly to internal stakeholders and customers

Benefits

• • 100% coverage of platinum medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
• 401k
• • Relocation stipend if you’re moving from outside of LA
• • Flexible vacation policy