Director of Engineering

About the role

The candidate will lead the engineering organization for a top contract manufacturer in the additive manufacturing industry, primarily focused on laser powder bed fusion and turnkey manufacturing support for customer-designed components.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team, aligning processes, tools, and innovation with the overall company growth plans.
• Support business development by serving customers well with technical support.
• Define and optimize engineering processes to enable consistent and efficient execution of work.
• Promote continuous improvement, on-time delivery, and quality output.
• Solve problems as they arise with a collaborative approach.
• Drive innovation through industry/academic partnerships, consortiums, and internal R&D.
• Lead a team of Additive Manufacturing Engineers and Production Engineers through quoting, digital order loading, process definition, and technical support for production.
• Assess design for manufacturability, material selection, equipment selection, and design optimization.
• Guide customers in the selection of materials.
• Create build files, layouts, and use cost estimation models.
• Prepare bills of material (BOM) and routings in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
• Lead and provide technical direction for technicians.
• Provide "hands-on" support with printing and inspection equipment.
• Manage acquisition of necessary capital, maintenance contracts, consumables, and software to support growth strategies.
• Read and understand dimensional drawings, including GD&T.
• Analyze and specify post-processing steps such as heat treatment, finish machining, and coatings.
• Support and guide the root cause and corrective action (RCCA) process for technical issues.
• Promote growth with key customers, new parts, and new industries by leading and supporting New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Focus technology and process development to enable high-volume production.
• Support the Project Management team by assisting in assembling quotations in response to customer RFQ's, leading customer projects as the assigned project engineer, preparing project schedules to define project scope deliverables, leading and/or participating in regular customer meetings, monitoring and managing project costs in respect to the established budget, anticipating problems and concerns relevant to project management and providing timely solutions, coordinating document submittals, approvals, distribution, and revision control, initiating purchase requisitions for tools, fixtures, operational equipment, and outside services, maintaining a strong working relationship with the customer.
• Occasional travel may be required to support project or program goals.
• Lead advanced technical engineering programs (material/product/process development).
• Lead statistical process control initiatives.
• Lead operational and supply chain cost reduction and optimization projects.
• Provide guidance on facility improvements, equipment selection, and in-sourcing.

Requirements

• Engineering degree in a related discipline (additive manufacturing, mechanical, metallurgical, etc.).
• Minimum 12 years of experience in a production environment, including additive manufacturing, CNC machining, heat treating, and/or other metal fabrications technologies.
• Prior experience must include technical roles and senior-level decision making roles with budget control.
• Experience with the following software: CAD (e.g. SolidWorks, Catia), Build Preparation/Slice software (e.g. Materialise Magics, 3DExpert), Microsoft Office Suite.

Qualifications

• This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
• Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Masters or PhD in additive manufacturing or related engineering discipline.
• Previous experience working for a Contract Manufacturer in laser powder bed fusion.
• Experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Revision D.