Application Engineer, Additive Manufacturing

Firestorm•San Diego, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

A manufacturing system is only as good as the parts it actually produces. This role owns that promise. As an Application Engineer, Additive Manufacturing you're the bridge between what our customers need to make and what xCell can reliably deliver — turning a warfighter's "I need this part, here, now" into a validated, repeatable manufacturing process on a fielded system. You'll live at the intersection of additive and traditional manufacturing, process development, materials, and the customer. One day you're dialing in print or machining parameters and running a part to first article; the next you're on a deployment helping operators produce reliably under real conditions, then feeding what you learned back to engineering to make the next xCell better. If you want to own hard, hands-on problems that have near-term impact in the field — not spend your days moving PowerPoints — this is the right place.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials, or related field)
U.S. Citizenship required due to ITAR regulations, with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
1+ years of hands-on experience with MJF (Multi-Jet Fusion)
3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) fluency — you know how to make a part printable
Comfortable troubleshooting hardware and process problems in a dynamic environment, where the answer isn't always clear and speed matters
Proficiency with CAD (SolidWorks preferred)

Nice To Haves

Defense background — you understand the operational context your hardware will live in
FDM, SLA, SLS, Metal additive or CNC process development and qualification experience
Materials qualification, GD&T, and first-article / PPAP-style inspection experience
Experience training or supporting customers on utilizing their fielded manufacturing equipment via remote/hands-on support.

Responsibilities

Application development — take customer part requirements and turn them into validated, repeatable manufacturing processes on xCell across additive (MJF, FDM, metal) and CNC, from DFM/DFAM through first article
Process & materials engineering — develop and qualify process parameters, materials, and the part libraries and work instructions that let operators produce to spec without you in the room
Field & deployment support — support xCell deployments, train and enable operators, and troubleshoot production issues on fielded systems in both CONUS and OCONUS environments
Customer engagement — work directly with warfighters and program customers to understand the applications they care about and translate mission needs into what xCell can produce
Sustaining & quality — own first-article inspection and part qualification, and when a fielded system fails to deliver as advertised, drive the process- and application-level fix
Cross-functional feedback loop — feed real application and field data back to systems, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering to sharpen the next generation of xCell
Have a high ownership mentality — you close loops, you don't wait to be told, and you hold yourself and others to a high standard

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and visions plans
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Equity grants for new hires
Unlimited PTO
Extremely generous company holiday calendar, including a holiday hiatus in July, & December.
Generous Parental Leave
Lifestyle Spending Account
FSA
DCFSA
HSA
Hospital Indemnity insurance
Critical Illness insurance
Accident insurance
Basic Life/AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, 100% covered by Firestorm.
Option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your family.
Mental Health Resources: free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and more.
Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, are available.