Senior Systems Engineer, Metal Manufacturing
About The Position
Firestorm is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer, Metal Manufacturing to join a team building new variants of a fielded platform, including a unique metal manufacturing capability. This role is for an engineer who wants to own hard problems from first principles through production, not a maintenance role. The ideal candidate will have a senior engineering background with deep hands-on experience in metal additive and subtractive manufacturing, and a proven track record of taking complex hardware from concept to fielded product. This is a senior individual contributor role with significant autonomy, where the engineer will shape the company's approach to metal manufacturing engineering challenges. The position is not suited for those who prefer working in large program offices on minutiae and PowerPoints, but rather for those who want to build impactful products with a team that operates with urgency and rigor.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or related field. In lieu of a degree 10+ years of progressive relative experience in the engineering field.
- U.S. Citizenship required due to ITAR regulations, with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
- 7+ years of hands-on hardware development experience — concept through production, not just analysis
- Deep experience in metal additive manufacturing —strong powder bed fusion background considered if other attributes are compelling
- Hands-on CNC machining experience — you understand the subtractive side of the equation and how it integrates with additive processes to get to a final part
- Systems engineering mindset — you can hold requirements, tradeoffs, and interfaces in your head simultaneously
- Proficiency with CAD (SolidWorks preferred) and PLM tools
Nice To Haves
- Experience with directed energy deposition (DED), wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), or cold spray experience
- Experience in defense, aerospace, naval, medical, or automotive applications — we care more about the depth of your metal manufacturing experience than the sector it came from
- High ownership mentality — you close loops, you don't wait to be told, and you hold yourself and others to a high standard
- Additional metal forming, cutting, or finishing process experience beyond CNC
- Familiarity with metal part qualification and inspection in regulated or defense environments
- Experience defining and documenting manufacturing processes from scratch
Responsibilities
- Metal manufacturing development — guide the engineering effort to define, develop, prototype, and productionize xCell's metal manufacturing capability; drive the process from trade studies through fielded solution
- Process definition — establish the manufacturing processes, parameters, and quality criteria that will govern metal part production in a deployed environment; you know what good looks like and can define it for others
- New product development — define the problem, run trade studies, establish constraints, iterate design, prototype, and drive to production across metal manufacturing variants
- Systems-level thinking — xCell is an integrated system and the metal manufacturing capability has to work within it; you see the whole picture across mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, and software interfaces
- Post-processing and finishing — own the full part journey from raw feedstock through final part, including CNC machining, finishing operations, and inspection; you understand that additive is only part of the story
- Sustaining engineering — when something breaks in the field or fails to deliver as advertised, you help drive solutions with the xCell engineering team
- Technical leadership — you'll be a senior anchor on a talented, growing team; you elevate the engineers around you without being asked to
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and visions plans
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Equity grants
- 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. Plus, the 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
