Additive Engineer (New Grad Summer 2027) (Metal 3D Printing)

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

Salary: $95,000–$110,000 per year, plus significant stock option packages

Company

hirify.global builds AI-native manufacturing systems that integrate software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale parts through advanced metal 3D printing.

What you will do

• Understand printing system capabilities and roadmap, and collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams to automate high-volume production.
• Drive print production from design for additive manufacturing feedback and file preparation through printing, post-processing, and quality control.
• Analyze in situ data and post-print part quality to support continuous improvement.
• Define test methods, evaluate solutions, iterate using first-principles thinking, and provide technical recommendations.
• Document application requirements, statements of work, standard operating procedures, action items, and next steps.
• Communicate technical capabilities to customers and contribute feedback to internal technology and systems development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering from an ABET-accredited university or college.
• Hands-on design experience from internships, engineering clubs, or similar projects.
• Full life-cycle hardware design experience, from hand calculations and CAD through fabrication and testing.
• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals and a first-principles approach to problem solving.
• Ability to work onsite five days per week in Hawthorne, California, with very limited exceptions.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• Experience with metal 3D printing, especially laser powder bed fusion, or metal additive manufacturing process development.
• Matlab or similar scripting experience for toolpath generation.
• Mechanical systems design experience and experience working with internal or external customers.
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication, ownership, resilience, and ability to iterate in fast-paced environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive, diverse culture focused on collaboration, learning, and data-driven decisions.
• Significant stock option packages and employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, traditional and Roth 401(k), paid vacation, sick leave, company holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Relocation assistance, flexible work hours, casual dress, and regular catered team-building events.
• Free daily catered lunch and dinner with a stocked kitchenette.