Application Engineer, Additive Manufacturing

A manufacturing system is only as good as the parts it actually produces. This role owns that promise. As an Application Engineer, Additive Manufacturing you're the bridge between what our customers need to make and what xCell can reliably deliver — turning a warfighter's "I need this part, here, now" into a validated, repeatable manufacturing process on a fielded system. You'll live at the intersection of additive and traditional manufacturing, process development, materials, and the customer. One day you're dialing in print or machining parameters and running a part to first article; the next you're on a deployment helping operators produce reliably under real conditions, then feeding what you learned back to engineering to make the next xCell better. If you want to own hard, hands-on problems that have near-term impact in the field — not spend your days moving PowerPoints — this is the right place. What You'll Do Application development — take customer part requirements and turn them into validated, repeatable manufacturing processes on xCell across additive (MJF, FDM, metal) and CNC, from DFM/DFAM through first article Process & materials engineering — develop and qualify process parameters, materials, and the part libraries and work instructions that let operators produce to spec without you in the room Field & deployment support — support xCell deployments, train and [... source excerpt omitted ...] o sharpen the next generation of xCell Have a high ownership mentality — you close loops, you don't wait to be told, and you hold yourself and others to a high standard Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials, or related field) U.S. Citizenship required due to ITAR regulations, with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance 1+ years of hands-on experience with MJF (Multi-Jet Fusion) 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) fluency — you know how to make a part printable Comfortable troubleshooting hardware and process problems in a dynamic environment, [... source excerpt omitted ...] ive or CNC process development and qualification experience Materials qualification, GD&T, and first-article / PPAP-style inspection experience Experience training or supporting customers on utilizing their fielded manufacturing equipment via remote/hands-on support. Familiarity with PLM and quality/documentation systems Why This Role, Why Now xCell only matters if it makes what the warfighter needs, where they need it — and someone has to own the part that turns a capable machine into a reliable one in the field. That's this role. The engineers who join now will define how we qualify, deploy, and scale what xCell can produce, and they'll do it on a team that takes the work