Postdoc: Metal Additive Manufacturing & Onsite Research

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher focused on metal additive manufacturing. You will develop next-generation AM processes, study structure-property relationships, and collaborate across Sandia's Advanced Metal Processing and Rapid Development teams.

Responsibilities include designing experiments for new alloys, characterizing microstructures, and disseminating results through papers and talks.

Qualifications

• PhD in materials science, metallurgy, mechanical engineering or related field.
• Experience with additive manufacturing technologies or physical metallurgy.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop an additive manufacturing process tailored to a new alloy.
• Perform detailed characterization on a part microstructure to determine why it formed and how it may affect performance.
• Design AM techniques for compositionally graded parts or multi-material manufacturing.
• Collaborate in diverse teams with other Sandia scientists and external partners to identify how metal AM can help solve complex manufacturing problems.
• Share results through writing manuscripts for peer review, attending conferences, or presenting to Sandia stakeholders.

Skills

Additive manufacturing

Physical metallurgy

DOE Q clearance (ability to obtain)

Education

PhD in materials science, metallurgy, mechanical engineering or related field

Tools

Laser powder bed fusion

Directed energy deposition

Metallography

CALPHAD

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher focused on metal additive manufacturing. You will develop next-generation AM processes, study structure-property relationships, and collaborate across Sandia's Advanced Metal Processing and Rapid Development teams.

Responsibilities include designing experiments for new alloys, characterizing microstructures, and disseminating results through papers and talks.