Process Qualification Engineer, Additive Manufacturing

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own and execute all first article inspection plans for additive hardware, along with qualification validation and implementation.
• Define control plans and ensure specification compliance across powder, build, and post processing steps.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective action for additive builds and hardware issues as they arise.
• Act as the primary NDE owner for all additive processes, leading development of new inspection methods and techniques as our capabilities grow.
• Partner with quality and NDE to define inspection plans, acceptance criteria, and sampling strategies, driving measurement system analysis and validation of inspection methods as needed.
• Oversee quality for the team, including writing process control documents, and work with company quality executives to help integrate additive manufacturing into a broader, successful quality system.
• Serve as the team's point of contact for quality and supply chain, including working with external vendors on special process control, qualification, and continuous improvement across powder supply, post processing,…

Job requirements

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in a quality, qualification, or NDE focused role within manufacturing, with additive manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Hands on experience developing and executing first article inspection plans and qualification packages.
• Working knowledge of NDE methods such as CT, X-ray, penetrant, and ultrasonic inspection, including how to validate and apply them to additive hardware.
• Experience writing process control documentation and working cross functionally.