Senior Additive Manufacturing Research Engineer

National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining; Youngstown (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining (NCDMM) is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Research Engineer to advance additive manufacturing supply chains under America Makes. You will lead data-driven studies, draft technical manuscripts, and present findings to internal and external stakeholders.

The role emphasizes collaboration, plan-driven execution, and wearing multiple hats—from workshop facilitation to programmatic reporting—within a defense-focused, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field.
• 7+ years of experience in additive manufacturing or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience in defense industry.
• Experience in developing, scaling, demonstrating, and qualifying manufacturing technology.
• Strong awareness of existing state of the art in manufacturing technology.
• Experience managing technical projects or engineering programs.
• Experience in leading diverse and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong communication, organization, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Strong time management skills understand yourself and your productivity, be willing to make a plan, deliver to it, and communicate changes to plan effectively.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, OneNote, etc.).
• Technical writing - prior publication record (peer reviewed journals).
• Drive value creation of the research portfolio through promoting the tenants of effective technical communications goals, objectives, motivations, approach, success metrics, data management, and reporting.
• Experience with government contracting (IP, export, and data management) and proposal writing and review.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating meetings and workshops.
• Documenting technical details, aggregating information, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, identifying trends, and summarizing information.
• Supporting or leading the drafting of manuscripts, reports, and presentations.
• Public speaking programmatic and technical information.
• Maintaining an understanding of the America Makes program including the role, function, goals, and merits of the program's essential components (pillars).
• Maintaining an understanding manufacturing technology and engineering principles including systems engineering, logistics/acquisition, standards/specification development, design, materials, processing, testing, inspection, data analytics.

Skills

Strong communication

Project management

Leadership

Team collaboration

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field

Master's or Doctorate (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining (NCDMM) is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Research Engineer to advance additive manufacturing supply chains under America Makes. You will lead data-driven studies, draft technical manuscripts, and present findings to internal and external stakeholders.

The role emphasizes collaboration, plan-driven execution, and wearing multiple hats—from workshop facilitation to programmatic reporting—within a defense-focused, fast-paced environment.