Vast is looking for a an Additive Manufacturing Engineer to be responsible for the design, development, and testing of all aspects of the additive process with a focus on machines, software, part design and analysis, and additive techniques.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and test all aspects of the additive manufacturing process.
• Create optimized build files for current and future products including support design and powder removal design.
• Work with all engineering teams to develop additive manufacturing processes for new designs that leverage the full capability of the technology.
• Work with new machines from installation through troubleshooting, calibration, and maintenance, while developing standard operating procedures and communicating with machine suppliers to address needs and problems.
• Develop additive material parameters to optimize printing capabilities.
• Produce reports, procedures, and manuals to document results to mature development processes for production.
• Work with all engineering teams to help develop.
• Investigate and develop new additive technologies as it relates to business needs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in aeronautical, aerospace, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in propulsions design or development of metallic additive technologies.
• Deep knowledge of metal additive manufacturing technology.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Master’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.
• 2+ years of experience operating additive machines, including parameter developments and process control.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with engineering and manufacturing groups to understand process constraints and provide design inputs for improved manufacturability.
• Knowledge of various additive and subtractive manufacturing and joining techniques for metals.
• Solid understanding of optics and lasers.
• Experience with setting up and running multifactorial design of experiments (DOE’s).
• Ability to perform trade studies using first principles and engineering fundamentals.
• Proficient in basic principles of compressible and incompressible flow, thermodynamics, thermochemistry, mechanics, materials, and electrical circuits.
• Experience with NX, Solidworks.
• Experience with additive slicing softwares and parameter manipulation.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to succinctly present recommendations.
• Passion for advancing additive manufacturing technology.
• Able to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment.
• Highly self-motivated and able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.