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Freeform · 2 weeks ago

Senior Materials Engineer (Metal 3D Printing)

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$125K/yr - $200K/yr

7+ years exp

Freeform is deploying software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories around the world, aiming to revolutionize physical production. As a Senior Materials Engineer, you will establish the company's materials and processing infrastructure for advanced metal 3D printing technology, owning the engineering efforts from testing to strategic improvements.

3D TechnologyElectronicsIndustrial AutomationMachinery ManufacturingRobotics

Responsibilities

Establish Freeform’s M&P best practices, and materials testing infrastructure and strategy

Operate equipment to measure material properties such as tensile strength, surface roughness, and microstructure

Generate and track quality metrics of printed customer parts such as dimensional accuracy, defect distribution, and surface roughness

Organize, analyze and interpret data and present key findings

Work with process development team to tie key materials findings into improvement of upstream printing processes, including training our advanced machine learning models

Establish and optimize processes and procedures for measuring and quantifying material quality

Create automation for M&P procedures to take human out of the loop

Strategize continuous improvement plans to enhance system performance, reliability, and scalability

Qualification

Materials engineeringMetallurgyMetal additive manufacturingLaser powder bed fusionStatistical data analysisProcess developmentData analysisCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in material science, materials engineering, metallurgy, or mechanical engineering

7+ years of professional materials engineering experience (with at least three years in metals)

Experience developing and optimizing metallurgical sample preparation techniques such as cutting, grinding, polishing, acid etching, and optical microscopy