Title : Additive Manufacturing Engineer
Location : California
Salary : $130 - $150k
The Additive Manufacturing Applications Engineer plays a pivotal role in the aerospace and additive manufacturing sectors.
They engage directly with clients, transforming their concepts into tangible products. This position involves participating in early-stage sales discussions, refining customer requirements, and generating proposals.
Leveraging expertise in additive manufacturing (AM) and cutting-edge software, the engineer optimizes customer designs for printability and performance.
This role collaborates extensively with various teams internally, including program managers, materials engineers, technicians, and company leadership.
Job Responsibilities :
- Research to understand end users' needs through interactions with sales and clients, potentially involving travel to trade shows and customer sites.
- Optimize part files to improve printability, post-processing, and functionality.
- Develop build layouts and files for various laser powder bed fusion printing equipment.
- Enhance organizational competencies in AM process simulation, topology optimization, and generative design, including software assessment and acquisitions.
- Design support structures and machining plans for product realization using additive and subtractive methods.
- Collaborate with the CNC machining team to estimate full CNC and AM / CNC hybrid projects.
- Support the quoting process by providing build time, machining time, and other necessary information for accurate quotes.
- Participate actively in team problem-solving, process improvement, and decision-making.
- Lead internal initiatives to enhance quoting, design, or manufacturing workflows.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to colleagues as required.
Skills and Experience :
- Previous experience in additive manufacturing.
- Proficiency in 3D CAD modeling, AM build file preparation, generative design, topology optimization, and / or process simulation.
- Familiarity with manufacturing / CNC machining processes.
- Eligibility to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
Click apply or speak to Jordan King for the full details at jking@kensingtonadditive.com