Senior Materials Engineer

VulcanForms Inc.•Devens, MA

3d•$108,000 - $148,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Senior Materials Processing Engineer at VulcanForms Inc., you will work with our Materials Scientists and Product Engineers. You will be responsible for developing and qualifying all post-build processing of additively manufactured parts fabricated by laser-based, metal powder bed fusion. The successful candidate will develop part cleaning, heat-treating, surface improvement, and mechanical property test campaigns to substantiate part processing parameters that satisfy customer specifications, application, and visual requirements. Materials systems include Ni-based Superalloys, Stainless steels, and Ti-based alloys. In addition, the successful candidate will approve technical plans, author part, and material process specifications, define surface inspection procedures, perform destructive metallurgical analysis of parts, and provide customers with technical reports and certification documentation. This opportunity is an exciting, technically challenging, hands-on role with support from a well-equipped metallurgical laboratory. The position is based in Burlington, MA but will require occasional travel, on an as-needed basis, to the nearby Devens, MA, manufacturing center.

Requirements

5+ years working in medical implant, power generation, or aerospace materials laboratory
Strong background in L-PBF metallurgy
Skilled in metallurgical laboratory practices, including handling strong acids and bases
Experience in NDT inspection
Experience with RTT, ETT, Axial, and Rotating Beam fatigue testing, and data analysis
Experience with industrial-scale heat treating (vacuum furnaces, hot Isostatic press)
Experience with optical, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and metallographic sample prep
Skilled using SEM, EDS, and Light microscope
Strict compliance with safety policies and procedures

Nice To Haves

Team player with excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

Develop and qualify all post-build processing of additively manufactured parts fabricated by laser-based, metal powder bed fusion.
Develop part cleaning, heat-treating, surface improvement, and mechanical property test campaigns to substantiate part processing parameters that satisfy customer specifications, application, and visual requirements.
Approve technical plans.
Author part and material process specifications.
Define surface inspection procedures.
Perform destructive metallurgical analysis of parts.
Provide customers with technical reports and certification documentation.