Spacex

Overview

The Additive Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for design, development, and testing of all facets of the additive process with a focus on machines, software, part design and analysis, and additive techniques.

About Spacex

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

Requirements & Eligibility

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional hands-on fabrication, assembly, testing, and/or project management experience

Key Responsibilities

• Drive and identify projects to make the printer platforms more robust and repeatable based on machine issues, failed builds, and sensor monitoring/in process data acquisition
• Be an active contributor within a team of engineers who perform the design, development, and testing of all facets of the additive process using powder-bed and powder-fed approaches
• Continually identify and implement process improvement efforts on every step of the additive process
• Advise and collaborate with the design team to incorporate and optimize features for additive manufacturing
• Generate/optimize build files to produce high quality parts in minimum time with maximum consistency
• Work with materials engineers to investigate properties, geometric accuracy, and surface finish results to develop optimal print parameters, heat treatments, and design allowable for existing and new alloys
• Develop and maintain systems to efficiently collect and analyze process data while minimizing collection/entry burden
• Develop and document best practices on new equipment and processes