Materials 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–$120,000 per year, depending on academic level and demonstrated experience.

Company

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

What you will do

• Support the development of materials and process best practices and materials testing infrastructure.
• Operate equipment to measure tensile strength, surface roughness, microstructure, and other material properties.
• Generate and track quality metrics for printed customer parts, including dimensional accuracy, defect distribution, and surface roughness.
• Organize, analyze, and interpret data, then present key findings.
• Connect materials findings with upstream printing process improvements, including training advanced 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 university or college.
• Hands-on laboratory or coursework experience with metals characterization, processing, or sample preparation, including cutting, grinding, polishing, acid etching, or optical microscopy.
• Strong understanding of materials engineering fundamentals and a first-principles approach to problem solving.
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Hawthorne, California, five days per week.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience with metal additive manufacturing or laser powder bed fusion processes.
• Experience operating complex materials equipment such as SEM or Instron.
• Familiarity with large datasets and statistical analysis tools such as R, JMP, or Minitab.
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication, ownership, resilience, and hands-on problem-solving skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive, diverse culture focused on collaboration, learning, and deliberate data-driven decisions.
• Significant stock option package and relocation assistance.
• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus life insurance and traditional and Roth 401(k) options.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, company holidays, parental leave, and extended transition support for the birthing parent.
• Free catered lunch and dinner, stocked kitchenette, flexible work hours, casual dress, and regular team-building events.