R&D Engineer (Process Development Engineer)

Job description

Position Overview: The Development Process Engineer/Technologist designs and executes experiments to advance novel metal additive manufacturing processes. Collaborating with senior engineers and technologists, this role contributes to the development of project plans, creates detailed experimental designs, analyzes results, and supports the transition of new processes from concept to implementation. Job Responsibilities: - Define experiments based on detailed understanding of physical mechanisms and hypotheses; parametrize cause and effects of experiment; analyze experimental data using statistical tools; clearly organize and track parts and data. - Work independently to execute experiments from preparing solid models, convert to files that can be printed, schedule files to be printed, troubleshoot issues that occur during printing and analyzing parts after print. - Perform all post-build analysis including metrology measurements such as tensile properties, surface roughness measurements, metallographic analysis, and printer sensor data. - Make detailed observations of experiments and note any anomalies on the tool during the run and troubleshoot any anomalies. - Interface with sof...