Overview In this role you will own the build preparation, print strategy, and manufacturing execution for powder bed fusion hardware. You'll collaborate with design, materials, and quality teams to optimize printability and manufacturability while documenting controlled processes. Your work will support rapid iteration as part of a fast-growing automation-driven propulsion program. You will help scale production, drive continuous improvement, and mentor newer engineers in PBF fundamentals. This opportunity lets you directly shape Terran R hardware and the manufacturing culture.
Compensation / Benefits- competitive salary and equity
- generous PTO and sick leave
- parential leave
- annual learning and development stipend
Responsibilities- Own build preparation, print programming strategy, manufacturing planning, and technical execution for assigned PBF hardware or product groups
- Provide feedback to design team on printability, DfAM improvements, part consolidation opportunities, and manufacturability trade-offs
- Develop and maintain controlled PBF process documentation, build standards, work instructions, verification plans, and engineering decision records
- Partner with materials engineering to understand qualification requirements, proposed process changes, and the evidence needed to verify and release those changes
- Lead nonconformance investigations for assigned hardware, including data review, root-cause hypotheses, risk assessment, corrective action recommendations, and clear technical summaries
- Identify recurring NCs and implement preventive actions in collaboration with process engineering, quality, and design
- Coordinate with PBF process engineering, machine owners, inspection, quality, design, post-processing, machining, and program teams to remove blockers and protect hardware delivery
- Evaluate process changes involving parameters, scan strategy, support design, build layout, powder state, machine configuration, heat treatment, depowdering, or inspection criteria
- Use production and quality data to identify trends such as material failures, machine errors, queue bottlenecks, and documentation gaps
- Create dashboards, checklists, templates, or standard work that improve team throughput, quality, and reproducibility
- Mentor interns or newer engineers in PBF fundamentals, documentation quality, problem solving, and cross-functional communication
- Represent PBF Development Engineering in technical reviews, risk discussions, readiness reviews, and partner-team meetings
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
- 2+ years in metal additive manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, aerospace hardware, materials/process engineering, or related fields
- Working knowledge of LPBF process variables, build preparation, support strategy, inspection, heat treatment, nonconformance processes, and configuration control
- Proficiency with LPBF additive manufacturing of metallic materials and understanding of DfAM fundamentals
- Hands-on experience with work orders, work instruction creation, and non-conformance resolution
- Experience with AM tools such as EOSprint, Magics, 3dxpert, Flow, and CAD tools such as Siemens NX (preferred) or Solidworks
- Comfort working with production data, quality records, engineering drawings, specifications, and ambiguous technical constraints
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Problem solving
- Documentation quality
- LPBF process knowledge
- DfAM fundamentals
- Print parameter optimization
