NPI Quality Engineer (Metal Additive Manufacturing)

Location: Devens, Massachusetts, United States

Annual base salary: $75,000–$103,000

Company

hirify.global develops and operates vertically integrated laser metal additive manufacturing and precision machining capabilities for aerospace, defense, medical, and other critical industries.

What you will do

• Perform physical, optical, and mechanical failure analysis on non-conforming additive builds, machined features, and sub-assemblies.
• Respond to line stoppages and non-conformances by leading quarantine, containment, and detailed evidence collection.
• Coordinate tensile testing, density checks, sectioning, polishing, etching, microstructural reviews, and CMM or optical scans.
• Partner with quality engineers and metallurgists on structured 8D root-cause investigations.
• Analyze laser parameters, powder lot history, thermal profiles, tool paths, machine logs, material certificates, and Device History Records.
• Support the Material Review Board, defect trending, Pareto tracking, and monthly failure-mode reporting.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in quality engineering, failure analysis, or metallurgical laboratory testing in precision hardware or advanced manufacturing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, or Quality Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Hands-on experience with optical microscopy, fractography, hardness testing, sectioning and polishing.
• Knowledge of basic GD&T and 8D or 5-Why root-cause methodologies.

Nice to have

• Experience identifying metal additive manufacturing defects such as keyholing, lack-of-fusion porosity, delamination, or residual stress cracking.
• Experience with destructive mechanical testing of titanium or nickel alloys.
• Experience with ERP or PLM systems, lot traceability, Pareto analysis, or yield trend analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Generous paid time off.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Culture focused on quality, curiosity, accountability, ownership, and continuous learning.