Additive Manufacturing Manager

About the company

Our client is an industrial hardware company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead a metal additive manufacturing function, from establishing an in-house production lab through to print execution, post-build processing and inspection. The role serves as the technical authority on printability and oversees an outside production partner against agreed standards.

What you'll do

- Establish and run an in-house metal powder bed lab, covering equipment purchase, machine commissioning, operating procedures and supervision of a lab technician.

- Serve as the design-for-additive expert alongside engineers, making large, thin-walled, internal-channel components printable and catching problems early.

- Own the technical relationship with an overseas manufacturing partner, challenging their assumptions, approving process parameters and build files, and rejecting work that misses specification.

- Oversee post-build processing and quality control, from powder and support removal through heat treatment and inspection, and drive nonconformances to root cause.

- Reduce print time, cost and yield loss across production.

- Travel to overseas factories once or twice a year and help shape a future production facility.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- At least five years of applied metal powder-bed printing experience.

- Record of enforcing quality expectations on contract production vendors.

- Operating know-how on high-capacity, multi-beam printers with build volumes of 400 mm or more.

- Familiarity with downstream steps such as thermal stabilization, powder extraction from internal passages, X-ray tomography inspection, pressure and leak checks, and corrective-action reporting.

- Skill in modifying part geometry so it builds more reliably, lighter, faster or more economically.

- An undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline focused on mechanics, materials or production, or a closely related field.

- Able to be on-site two to three days weekly, living within commuting distance of the region or willing to relocate.

- Flexibility to take calls outside standard hours and to travel abroad one or two times annually.

Bonus points

- Exposure to hard-technology startups or to demanding metal production in sectors such as energy, aerospace, defense, computing or transportation.

- Experience managing technicians, or progressing from technician to manager.

- Track record of bringing several 3D printers into service or building out a compact additive workspace.

- Experience commissioning a metal additive cell or workshop, including equipment installation, powder handling, inert gas and safety.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Salary: $175K - $225K

- Equity

Location and work model

- Baltimore, Maryland, United States

- Washington, District of Columbia, United States

- Arlington, Virginia, United States

- Hybrid, two to three days a week in the office

- Full-time