Senior Post-Processing Engineer — Additive Manufacturing

VulcanForms Inc.; Ayer (MA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life保险

Generous paid time off

401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

VulcanForms Inc. seeks a Senior Process Engineer, Post-Processing to design and direct manufacturing processes that move printed parts from build plate to finished products.

You’ll lead process development after printing and improve production via automation, lean methods, and industry-grade tooling. You will define procedures, work instructions, and systems drawing on design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials expertise, supporting a range of energy, industrials, and firearms

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive, hands-on experience in product or applications development or manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Materials, Aerospace, Biomedical Engineering, or a similarly regulated field. ISO 9001 experience preferred.
• Proficiency in advanced 3D CAD software (e.g., Siemens NX, Creo, SolidWorks).
• Experience using ERP systems in a batch manufacturing process.
• Deep mastery of GD&T, advanced statistical process capability, tolerance stack-up analysis, and complex DFM/DfAM constraints.
• Strong working knowledge of subtractive manufacturing operations (5-axis milling, turning, EDM) and their integration with additive workflows (Depowdering, build plate resurfacing,etc).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate customer designs and provide Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) feedback.
• Partner with the rest of the product team to make sure processing intent is optimized for customer requirements.
• Own process development for every operation after printing, including part movement, depowdering, plate removal, heat treatment and subcontracted operations.
• Work with quality resources to ensure appropriate inspection techniques are employed, and are meeting customer needs in both a development, and production context.
• Encode internal and external customer requirements into the factory's manufacturing steps by building part-specific methods of manufacture in our ERP system.
• Design, develop, and implement fixtures and work-holding for process and part-handling steps such as depowdering, EDM, heat treatment, support removal, machining, assembly, cleaning, marking, and finishing - including prototype fixtures, whose manufacture you will oversee.
• Write and maintain work instructions and process-related quality documentation, adapting existing processes for new products and keeping files, programs, and revisions under proper configuration control.
• Keep parts moving through the factory by reviewing and dispositioning non-conforming material.
• Support operations with troubleshooting and problem-solving across every process step between printing and final delivery.

Skills

Experience

GD&T

Process capability

DFM/DFAM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Materials, Aerospace, Biomedical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Creo

SolidWorks

ERP systems

5-axis milling

EDM

Job description

VulcanForms Inc. seeks a Senior Process Engineer, Post-Processing to design and direct manufacturing processes that move printed parts from build plate to finished products.

You’ll lead process development after printing and improve production via automation, lean methods, and industry-grade tooling. You will define procedures, work instructions, and systems drawing on design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials expertise, supporting a range of energy, industrials, and firearms