VP, Integrated Materials & Processes—Scale & Innovation

VulcanForms; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 234,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

VulcanForms seeks a strategic, hands-on Vice President to lead Integrated Materials and Process Technologies. You will own the technical roadmap spanning materials, printing, post-processing, and system integration across gantry and galvo AM platforms.

You will translate advanced R&D into safe, repeatable production, guiding a multidisciplinary organization and partnering with engineering and manufacturing to deliver production-ready solutions for aerospace, defense, medical, and other

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• Advanced degree preferred for this leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the multi-year technical roadmap for materials and integrated process development across VulcanForms’ additive manufacturing platforms.
• Own delivery against materials and process milestones, balancing velocity with safety, compliance, cost, quality, and manufacturability.
• Lead transition of new materials and processes from development through validation and serial production.
• Establish reviews, validation gates, documentation standards, process controls, and engineering rigor to scale technologies into production.
• Lead the materials and process technology organization and build leadership depth across teams.
• Develop capabilities to support multiple product lines with varied regulatory and production requirements.
• Partner with manufacturing, hardware, software, supply chain, quality, and commercial teams to align tech with production schedules and customer needs.
• Drive roadmap for next-gen AM applications and post-processing, supporting near-term production.
• Define requirements for new metal AM systems from powder handling to finishing.
• Build scalable engineering and quality frameworks for rapid, rigorous development.
• Foster a culture of ownership, urgency, and first-principles engineering.

Skills

Materials science

Process engineering

Systems thinking

Leadership

Program management

Quality systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity management

Customer orientation

Education

Bachelor’s in Materials Science/Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

VulcanForms seeks a strategic, hands-on Vice President to lead Integrated Materials and Process Technologies. You will own the technical roadmap spanning materials, printing, post-processing, and system integration across gantry and galvo AM platforms.

You will translate advanced R&D into safe, repeatable production, guiding a multidisciplinary organization and partnering with engineering and manufacturing to deliver production-ready solutions for aerospace, defense, medical, and other