Senior Materials & Additive Manufacturing Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 99,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Parental Leave

Disability Insurance

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Materials & Processes professional specializing in metallic additive manufacturing. You will lead AM efforts in our in-house facilities, develop processes for nickel, aluminum, and copper alloys, and guide test campaigns to validate material properties.

You will work cross-functionally with design, manufacturing, quality, and integration teams to implement robust AM solutions and drive production readiness, with a strong emphasis on safety and quality.

Qualifications

• 3+ years directly related Metallic Additive Manufacturing experience.
• Bachelor's in material science/engineering or related field.
• Principal investigator in process development and optimization of metallic AM processes.
• Hands on experience measuring, analyzing, developing, characterizing AM of nickel (Inconel), aluminum, and copper alloys.
• Experience managing technology development projects, measuring progress, resources, and budgets.
• Knowledge of characterization methods such as SEM, EDS, EBSD, PSD measurements, XRF, ICP, and OES.
• Proven experience developing and delivering test plans for analysis and qualification of components or materials.
• Proven experience developing and completing experimental plans, analyzing data and concisely reporting results.
• Strong written and PC skills.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead tactical and strategic efforts within a cross-functional Materials & Processes team to direct Additive Manufacturing efforts and hardware.
• Identify low maturity AM technologies to improve performance or manufacturability.
• Support a team of competent engineers.
• Develop AM processes, parameters, requirements, and specifications for existing and novel metallic materials.
• Lead test campaigns, designing, collecting, and analyzing material properties data for AM metals.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, quality, and integration engineers to implement AM requirements across all phases.
• Implement root cause and corrective actions for AM builds.
• Optimize and production-harden AM processes to increase throughput and reduce variability.
• Contribute to developing internal engineering and QA processes to standardize material evaluation.

Skills

Metal AM

Materials science

Project management

Material characterization

Test data analysis

Education

Bachelor's in Materials Engineering

Tools

SEM/EDS

EBSD

XRF

ICP/OES

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Materials & Processes professional specializing in metallic additive manufacturing. You will lead AM efforts in our in-house facilities, develop processes for nickel, aluminum, and copper alloys, and guide test campaigns to validate material properties.

You will work cross-functionally with design, manufacturing, quality, and integration teams to implement robust AM solutions and drive production readiness, with a strong emphasis on safety and quality.