Additive Manufacturing Engineer – Aerospace/Defense

Hardware FYI; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Life insurance

Short/Long-Term disability

401(k) with company match

Equity in the company

Job summary

Beehive Industries seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineer with a strong background in additive manufacturing to support production operations at the Knoxville, TN facility. You will drive process development, industrialization, and continuous improvement across LPBF/MBJ environments, partnering with multiple teams to ensure safe, repeatable, and scalable processes.

The role emphasizes process qualification, cross-functional collaboration, and maintaining manufacturing controls while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field.
• 2-5 years of manufacturing engineering experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, propulsion, turbomachinery, additive manufacturing, machining, assembly, or complex mechanical systems environments.
• Strong CAD skillset (Siemens NX and Teamcenter environments preferred).
• Experience developing, implementing, qualifying, and sustaining manufacturing processes in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes such as tight-tolerance machining, assembly, additive manufacturing, welding, inspection, or related advanced manufacturing methods.
• Working knowledge of GD&T and the relationship between engineering requirements, manufacturing processes, and inspection methods.
• Experience supporting products through NPI, production transition, and sustained production environments.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Operations, Lifecycle Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management teams.
• Demonstrated experience improving manufacturing performance including yield, cycle time, scrap, throughput, quality, or process stability.
• Strong problem-solving, technical communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced development and production environment.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance is required. U.S. Citizenship is required, as only U.S. Citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing process execution, capability, and production readiness for assigned manufacturing areas, processes, products, or components.
• Translate product manufacturing strategy, process intent, and technical requirements provided by Lifecycle Manufacturing Engineering into capable, repeatable, and scalable production processes.
• Develop, implement, qualify, and continuously improve manufacturing processes across additive manufacturing, machining, assembly, inspection, post-processing, or related advanced manufacturing operations.
• Lead process implementation and production-readiness activities from NPI transfer through sustained production and rate ramp.
• Partner with Lifecycle Manufacturing Engineering to ensure manufacturing requirements, product characteristics, process intent, and technical risks are properly translated into site-level manufacturing controls.
• Lead development and maintenance of manufacturing Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEAs, Control Plans, work instructions, standard work, routings, and other production process documentation.
• Ensure critical and key product characteristics are appropriately created, controlled, measured, and verified within the manufacturing process.
• Lead manufacturing process qualification, capability studies, and production validation activities prior to release into sustained production.
• Provide direct technical support to Operations for manufacturing issues affecting safety, quality, delivery, cost, yield, or throughput.

Skills

Siemens NX / Teamcenter

Additive manufacturing

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Process improvement

GD&T

Security clearance eligible

Manufacturing fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Aerospace/Industrial Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

Job description

Beehive Industries seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineer with a strong background in additive manufacturing to support production operations at the Knoxville, TN facility. You will drive process development, industrialization, and continuous improvement across LPBF/MBJ environments, partnering with multiple teams to ensure safe, repeatable, and scalable processes.

The role emphasizes process qualification, cross-functional collaboration, and maintaining manufacturing controls while