Senior Post-Processing Engineer, Aerospace & Defense Equity

VulcanForms; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Job summary

VulcanForms is seeking a Senior Product Engineer, Post-Processing to design and direct manufacturing steps transforming printed parts into finished products. You will lead process development after printing, including depowdering, heat treatment, and inspection alignment with customer specs.

You will build fixture strategies, integrate with ERP, and drive continuous improvement across aerospace and defense product lines, combining additive and subtractive workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Materials, Aerospace, or related regulated field.
• AS9100 experience preferred.
• Proficiency in GD&T, SPC, tolerance stack-up analyses.
• Experience with subtractive and additive manufacturing integration.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate customer designs and provide DFAM feedback.
• Own post-print process development including depowdering and heat treatment.
• Encode customer requirements into manufacturing steps in ERP.
• Develop fixtures and work-holding for depowdering, EDM, and finishing.
• Maintain work instructions and document revisions.
• Support troubleshooting across manufacturing steps.

Skills

DFAM feedback

Process development

Lean manufacturing

Quality inspection

Problem solving

Education

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

AS9100 experience

Tools

Siemens NX

Creo

SolidWorks

ERP systems

Job description

VulcanForms is seeking a Senior Product Engineer, Post-Processing to design and direct manufacturing steps transforming printed parts into finished products. You will lead process development after printing, including depowdering, heat treatment, and inspection alignment with customer specs.

You will build fixture strategies, integrate with ERP, and drive continuous improvement across aerospace and defense product lines, combining additive and subtractive workflows.