Title: Additive Manufacturing Engineer

Location: California

Salary: $130 - $150k

The Additive Manufacturing Applications Engineer plays a pivotal role in the aerospace and additive manufacturing sectors. They engage directly with clients, transforming their concepts into tangible products. This position involves participating in early-stage sales discussions, refining customer requirements, and generating proposals. Leveraging expertise in additive manufacturing (AM) and cutting-edge software, the engineer optimizes customer designs for printability and performance. This role collaborates extensively with various teams internally, including program managers, materials engineers, technicians, and company leadership.

Job Responsibilities:

• Research to understand end users' needs through interactions with sales and clients, potentially involving travel to trade shows and customer sites.
• Optimize part files to improve printability, post-processing, and functionality.
• Develop build layouts and files for various laser powder bed fusion printing equipment.
• Enhance organizational competencies in AM process simulation, topology optimization, and generative design, including software assessment and acquisitions.
• Design support structures and machining plans for product realization using additive and subtractive methods.
• Collaborate with the CNC machining team to estimate full CNC and AM/CNC hybrid projects.
• Support the quoting process by providing build time, machining time, and other necessary information for accurate quotes.
• Participate actively in team problem-solving, process improvement, and decision-making.
• Lead internal initiatives to enhance quoting, design, or manufacturing workflows.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to colleagues as required.

Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience in additive manufacturing.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD modeling, AM build file preparation, generative design, topology optimization, and/or process simulation.
• Familiarity with manufacturing/CNC machining processes.
• Eligibility to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Click apply or speak to Jordan King for the full details at jking@kensingtonadditive.com