Senior Materials Process Engineer (Additive Manufacturing)

Location: Billerica, Massachusetts, United States; on-site work at the Billerica production facility.

Salary: $60–$70 per hour, with actual base pay depending on experience, expertise, location, certifications, business needs, and skills.

Company

hirify.global develops software, advanced metal and composite materials, and industrial 3D printers for manufacturing tooling, fixtures, prototypes, and end-use parts.

What you will do

• Serve as a technical expert for existing and new materials and extrusion processes at the Billerica production facility.
• Design and build validation processes for material specifications, critical-to-quality requirements, and full system performance.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on throughput, quality, cost reduction, safety, and production consistency.
• Oversee extrusion line maintenance requirements and support work-cell continuity.
• Manage material engineering changes, corrective and preventive actions, non-conformance root-cause analysis, and customer or field failure responses.
• Support production development from alpha and beta runs through pilot launch, scale-up, and sustaining production while mentoring junior engineers and technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, industrial, plastics, or process engineering; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in a continuous manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of mechanical drawings, GD&T, and detailed mechanical and electrical schematics.
• Experience with 3D modeling and SolidWorks; Fusion 360 and EPDM experience are relevant.
• Knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma, statistical process control, control plans, process automation, human factors, FMEA, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience with capital project management, electro-mechanical systems, extrusion equipment, industrial automation, and 3D printers.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Lean/Six Sigma green or black belt certification.
• Experience with closed-loop control and inspection equipment, high-precision laser technology, and hard tooling fabrication.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, multidisciplinary work with mechanical, electrical, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, and materials engineering teams.
• Focus on safety, quality, service, productivity, profitability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Opportunity to contribute to industrial additive manufacturing and smart production systems.
• Work alongside teams developing metal and carbon-fiber 3D printing technologies.