Additive Manufacturing Technology Engineer (Senior Principal Engineer)

Location: San Diego, California, United States; onsite five days a week.

Salary: $128,470–$192,710 per year.

Company

Develops and manufactures turbomachinery and industrial power solutions as part of a global engineering organization.

What you will do

• Advance additive manufacturing technologies using the Technology Readiness Level framework, including AM component qualification, distortion prediction, low-angle printing, surface finishing, parameter optimization, process monitoring, and quality assurance.
• Identify high-impact AM applications and develop technology maturation, qualification, risk mitigation, and production-readiness plans.
• Evaluate design alternatives and tradeoffs involving safety, performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, serviceability, and risk for AM components.
• Apply mechanical design principles and engineering analysis to support design decisions and resolve complex engineering challenges.
• Collaborate with NPI leadership, product owners, development teams, manufacturing, supply chain, universities, laboratories, and materials specialists.
• Serve as a Design for Additive Manufacturing technical authority, documenting best practices, delivering training, mentoring engineers, and supporting root-cause and corrective-action activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated experience applying Design for Additive Manufacturing principles to the design, development, and qualification of new AM components.
• Strong proficiency with 3D modeling and engineering analysis tools and methods, including Ansys, SpaceClaim, and Creo.
• Experience with engineering drawings, BOM development using Windchill and Linked Data, configuration management, and interpreting analysis results to support design decisions.
• Extensive experience designing, developing, and qualifying turbomachinery components.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, product development, and design for manufacturability principles.
• Ability to work cross-functionally across disciplines, independently solve complex technical problems, and provide technical leadership across functional boundaries.
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to organizational technical capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Extensive experience delivering technical presentations or speaking at industry conferences.
• Strong record of documenting project results through EDMs and research reports, and creating design manual sections, work instructions, guidance notes, process maps, and Knowledge Management System entries.
• Strong written and verbal Spanish communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, subject to plan eligibility.
• Paid vacation, holidays, volunteer time, parental leave, and adoption benefits.
• 401(k) savings plans, HSA, FSAs, disability benefits, and life insurance.
• Career development, tuition reimbursement, health lifestyle programs, employee assistance, voluntary benefits, employee discounts, and incentive bonus opportunities.
• Employment is contingent on successful completion of a drug screen.