Materials Engineer (Metal 3D Printing)

ZipRecruiter; Cerritos (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering company in metal additive manufacturing as a Materials Engineer. You'll establish best practices and optimize processes for 3D printing technology. Your role will impact the future of manufacturing by enhancing material quality and performance.

Benefits

Significant stock options

Comprehensive health insurance

Life insurance

401(k)

Paid leave

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional materials engineering experience, with at least one year in metals.
• Experience developing and optimizing metallurgical sample preparation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Establish Freeform's M&P best practices and materials testing infrastructure.
• Organize, analyze, and interpret data and present key findings.
• Strategize continuous improvement plans to enhance system performance.

Skills

Materials Engineering

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in material science

Bachelor's degree in materials engineering

Bachelor's degree in metallurgy

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Optical Microscopy

Statistical Data Analysis Software

Job description

Job Description

MATERIALS ENGINEER (METAL 3D PRINTING)

Freeform is deploying software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing the scalability of software to physical production. Our proprietary technology stack leverages advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-driven learning to produce digitally-verified, flawless parts at unprecedented speed and cost. Our mission is to make the transformative power of 3D printing available to all industries at scale and unlock the future of innovation.

As a Materials Engineer at Freeform, you will have the unique opportunity to establish the company's M&P infrastructure, strategy, and best practices for our advanced metal 3D printing technology. We are looking for someone with solid fundamentals in materials engineering, an understanding of metals, and a keen interest in working on the cutting edge of additive manufacturing development. In this role, you will own materials engineering efforts from cradle to grave, including hands-on sample testing, analysis of findings, and strategic process improvements. If you want to make an impact at a rapidly growing company that's revolutionizing metal additive manufacturing, we'd love to hear from you!

Success here doesn't hinge on 3D printing experience. Instead, we seek intelligent, motivated, and collaborative engineers who thrive on solving challenging problems and creating groundbreaking technology.

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

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in material science, materials engineering, metallurgy, or mechanical engineering
• 2+ years of professional materials engineering experience (with at least one year in metals)
• Experience developing and optimizing metallurgical sample preparation techniques such as cutting, grinding, polishing, acid etching, and optical microscopy

Nice to Have

• Master's or PhD in material science, materials engineering, metallurgy, or mechanical engineering
• 5+ years of materials engineering experience
• Experience with metal additive manufacturing
• Experience with laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) processes
• Experience in process development
• Experience operating complex materials equipment
• Familiarity with processing large datasets and statistical data analysis software such as R, JMP, or Minitab
• Passion for improving the state of metal 3D printing

Location

• Hawthorne, CA — in a state-of-the-art facility with easy access to major freeways, located in the heart of Los Angeles' vibrant tech ecosystem.

What We Offer

• An inclusive and diverse culture valuing collaboration, learning, and data-driven decisions.
• Opportunity to be an early member of a rapidly growing company scaling transformative technology.
• Benefits including significant stock options, comprehensive health insurance, life insurance, 401(k), paid leave, and more.
• Competitive salary range of $75,000-$200,000, commensurate with experience and skills.

Freeform is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.