NPI Quality Engineer, Consumer Technology

VulcanForms Inc.•Devens, MA

74d•$75,000 - $103,000

About The Position

As an NPI Quality Engineer, you will serve as the front-line investigator for non-conformances, material defects, and process variances across metal additive manufacturing and post-processing operations. Reporting to Quality Leadership, your core mission is to dissect failed builds, perform physical and metallurgical teardowns, collect statistical evidence, and drive initial root-cause containment so engineering teams can implement permanent fixes.

Requirements

2+ years of quality engineering, failure analysis, or metallurgical lab testing experience in precision hardware or advanced manufacturing.
Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, or Quality Engineering; equivalent hands-on experience will also be considered.
Hands-on experience with basic failure analysis tools (optical microscopy, fractography, hardness testing, sectioning/polishing), basic GD&T, and 8D/5-Why root-cause methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience identifying metal additive manufacturing defect modes (e.g., keyholing, lack-of-fusion porosity, delamination, residual stress cracking) or hands-on involvement with destructive mechanical testing of titanium/nickel alloys.
Proficiency in tracking non-conformance data, leveraging ERP/PLM systems for end-to-end lot traceability, and performing statistical Pareto or yield trend analysis.

Responsibilities

Perform detailed physical, optical, and mechanical failure analysis on non-conforming metal additive builds, machined features, and sub-assemblies.
Respond immediately to line stoppages and non-conformances (NCs); lead immediate quarantine/containment actions and document non-conformance records with detailed photo, dimensional, and fractographic evidence.
Work closely with the metallurgical and metrology labs to coordinate tensile testing, density checks, sectioning, polish/etch microstructural reviews, and CMM/optical scans for failed parts.
Partner with Senior Quality Engineers and Metallurgists to execute structured 8D root-cause investigations—analyzing laser parameters, powder lot history, thermal profiles, and tool paths.
Serve as a key technical contributor on the Material Review Board (MRB); track defect trends, maintain non-conformance Pareto logs, and present monthly failure-mode data to engineering teams.
Review Device History Records (DHR), machine logs, and raw material certificates for failed lots to isolate batch-level or machine-level systemic variables.