Materials Engineer (New Grad December 2026)

Location: Los Angeles, California; full-time onsite presence in Hawthorne five days a week

Salary: $95,000–$120,000 per year, dependent on academic level and relevant experience

Company

hirify.global builds AI-native manufacturing systems that integrate software, hardware, and physics for industrial-scale metal additive manufacturing.

What you will do

• Support materials and process infrastructure, best practices, and testing procedures for advanced metal 3D printing.
• Operate laboratory equipment to measure tensile strength, surface roughness, microstructure, and other material properties.
• Generate, track, analyze, and present quality metrics for printed customer parts, including dimensional accuracy and defect distribution.
• Connect materials findings to upstream printing process improvements, including training machine learning models.
• Optimize and automate materials and process procedures to reduce manual work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution.
• Hands-on laboratory or coursework experience with metals characterization, processing, or sample preparation.
• Experience with techniques such as cutting, grinding, polishing, acid etching, and optical microscopy.
• Strong understanding of materials engineering fundamentals and a first-principles approach to problem solving.
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Hawthorne, five days per week.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering or materials discipline.
• Experience with metal additive manufacturing or laser powder bed fusion.
• Experience operating SEM, Instron, or other complex materials equipment.
• Familiarity with large datasets and statistical analysis tools such as R, JMP, or Minitab.
• Strong cross-functional communication, ownership, and problem-solving skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive, collaborative, learning-oriented culture with data-driven decision-making.
• Significant stock option package and employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, traditional and Roth 401(k), paid vacation, sick leave, and company holidays.
• Relocation assistance, paid parental leave, and extended transition support for the birthing parent.
• Catered daily meals, flexible work hours, casual dress, and regular team-building events.