Applications Engineer, Additive Manufacturing

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Applications Engineer with deep expertise in additive manufacturing to join our growing team. In this customer-facing role, you will serve as a technical authority for our LPBF solutions — guiding customers through design, process development, and workflow automation while managing programs independently from early engagement through qualification and production.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers; capturing requirements, assessing feasibility, and translating program needs into actionable AM manufacturing plans.
• Lead DfAM efforts including build orientation, support strategy, topology optimization, lattice design, distortion risk, and post-processing-aware design decisions.
• Perform AM CAM work: build file development, support generation, nesting, process parameter selection, and print plan optimization for PBF-LB systems.
• Design and develop internal automation tools that streamline DfAM and CAM workflows; reducing manual effort, enforcing best practices, and scaling repeatability across programs; additionally deploy these tools in direct support of customer programs.
• Apply AM simulation tools; thermal, distortion, residual stress, and structural validation; to inform design decisions and de-risk builds.
• Coordinate across post-processing (heat treat, HIP, machining, support removal, finishing) to ensure end-to-end manufacturability.
• Manage assigned projects independently; defining scope, setting milestones, and delivering results with minimal oversight.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, engineering, quality, and operations to translate customer requirements into effective AM solutions.
• Document processes, build records, lessons learned, and best practices to support continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Materials, Aerospace, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience).
• 8+ years of experience in metal additive manufacturing applications engineering, process engineering, or manufacturing engineering, including experience in customer-facing technical roles.
• 2+ years of people leadership experience, including managing or leading technical teams.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with metal additive manufacturing processes (e.g., laser powder bed fusion), including parameter development, build planning, powder handling, post-processing integration, and production ramp.
• Experience supporting parts and processes from prototype through qualification and full-rate production, including documentation, inspection strategy, process control, and readiness criteria.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience working within aerospace, defense, or other regulated manufacturing environments with structured qualification and customer approval processes.
• Experience developing standardized application playbooks, parameter libraries, or design guidelines that scale across programs or sites.
• Demonstrated experience presenting technical strategies and performance outcomes to customer engineering teams and executive stakeholders.

Skills

• Strong understanding of additive manufacturing processes and technologies.
• Proficiency in CAD/CAM software for additive manufacturing.
• Experience with process development and optimization.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage projects independently.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Benefits

For this role, the target salary range is $150,000 - $220,000 (actual range may vary based on experience). This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Pay

The target salary range for this role is $150,000 - $220,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).

Schedule

Full-time positions are available.