Senior Product Engineer, Post Processing - Aerospace & Defense

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off

Equity package

Job summary

VulcanForms is seeking a Senior Product Engineer, Post-Processing, to design and direct the manufacturing steps that move printed parts from the build plate to finished, inspected products. You will lead NPI efforts and continuous improvement, applying additive and subtractive processes, automation, and lean methods to optimize parts for aerospace and defense customers.

You will define processes, work instructions, and ERP-based methods, work with QA for inspection, and develop fixtures and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive, hands‑on product or manufacturing experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Materials, Aerospace, Biomedical Eng or related field.
• Proficiency in advanced 3D CAD software (NX/Creo/SolidWorks).
• Experience using ERP systems in batch manufacturing.
• Deep mastery of GD&T, SPC, tolerance stack‑up, and DFM/DFAM constraints.
• Strong knowledge of subtractive and additive processes integration.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate designs and provide DFAM feedback.
• Optimize processing for customer requirements with the product team.
• Own post‑print operations including depowdering, heat treatment, and subcontracted steps.
• Work with QA to ensure proper inspection techniques in development and production.
• Encode customer requirements into factory manufacturing steps in ERP.
• Design and implement fixtures/work-holding for depowdering, EDM, heat treatment, finishing.
• Write and maintain work instructions and quality documentation.
• Dispositon non‑conforming material to keep parts moving.
• Troubleshoot and solve problems across all process steps.

Skills

Product development

Lean manufacturing

Problem solving

Additive manufacturing

DFAM feedback

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

AS9100 experience

Tools

Siemens NX

Creo

SolidWorks

ERP systems

Job description

Job Purpose

Senior Product Engineer, Post-Processing at VulcanForms, you will design and direct the manufacturing processes that take our printed parts from the build plate to a finished, inspected product. You will work on new product introduction and on continuous improvement of parts already in production, using advanced manufacturing techniques, automation, and lean manufacturing methods to develop an optimized production part.

You will define the processes, procedures, work instructions, and systems that produce our components and sub-assemblies to customer specification, drawing on product design, fabrication, assembly, work-holding, cutting tools, and materials expertise. You will support a wide range of aerospace and defense products.

Key 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.

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. AS9100 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)./

VulcanFormsoffers a competitive salary and equitypackage.Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.In addition,VulcanFormsprovides comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; generous paid time off; and a 401(k) plan with companymatch.

The annual base salary range for this position is $106,500 to $146,400.