Senior Materials & Process Engineer

Position Overview

The Senior Materials and Process (M&P) Engineer will support AM development research programs, while working with project managers, technicians, and engineers across other disciplines at Morf3D. Working with cross-departmental teams of engineers, this position will support the development of new materials and build parameters, expanded materials testing, and other project initiatives. The Senior M&P Engineer will interface with customers to ensure that material characterization plans, and testing meet and exceed expectations, therefore customer engagement will be a critical component of the role.  

This role reports to the Vice President of Materials Technology.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for initiating and executing materials and parameter studies in support of company growth
• Responsible for collaborating closely with industry partners, national labs, and academic institutions to advance state of the art alloys for metal additive manufacturing
• Responsible for mentoring and training interns, co-ops, and junior M&P engineers

Job Duties

• Develop SOPs and operational best practices in Morf3D’s leading materials characterization and testing lab, covering powder characterization, optical microscopy, metallography, SEM/EDS, Tensile and Fatigue testing, and fracture analysis
• Establish and lead R&D programs, working with cross-functional teams for material processes and characterization
• Recommend new processes, technologies, and ideas to improve operational efficiency and solutioning

Skills

• Deep knowledge and understanding of metallic materials (physical metallurgy, mechanical metallurgy, microstructures, and properties) & processes related to additive manufacturing
• Technical understanding of a variety of aerospace related additive manufacturing systems, supporting equipment, and hardware 
• Proficiency and well familiarity with materials standards including ASTM, AMS, ISO and ability to read and interpret specification requirements

Education / General Requirements

• REQUIRED: Master’s Degree (Metallurgy, Materials Process, Materials Science and Engineering)
• PREFERRED: Ph.D., (Metallurgy, Materials Process, Materials Science and Engineering)
• PREFERRED: 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment (Aerospace preferred)
• REQUIRED: To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations applicants must be a US Person (US Citizen or Permanent Resident Card Holder) per ITAR regulations defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)

Work Environment and Safety Requirements

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounter while performing the essential functions of the job.

• Ability to wear personal protective gear correctly for up to two hours, including gloves, hearing protection, eye protection, protective footwear, and respirators in the manufacturing facility and while working with powders
• Ability to learn technical material relating to additive manufacturing and materials science
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for up to three hours, i.e. sitting
• Ability to inspect, twist, place, and position parts  
• Ability to communicate with teammates and internal stakeholders with daily updates, hazard concerns, questions, and issues
• Ability to detect non-conformances, inspect additively manufactured parts, and assess post-processing for flaws