Systems Engineer, Additive Manufacturing
Los Angeles, CA$150k - $220kFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Hands-on systems engineer to take metal additive manufacturing equipment from standalone machines to fully integrated, automated production systems. Lead commissioning, qualification, and production readiness of PBF-LB systems, own reliability programs, and serve as technical interface to OEM field engineers. Responsible for cell-level P&IDs, automation integration, and ensuring production readiness by year-end.
Responsibilities
- System Integration and OPUS Enablement: Execute end-to-end integration of metal AM machines, peripherals, and cell infrastructure into OPUS, lead FAT and SAT for all incoming PBF-LB systems against Hadrian acceptance criteria, coordinate OEM field engineers, document results, and drive resolution of open items to production release.
- Integration Architecture and Standards: Define system requirements, interface control documents (ICDs), integration kits, and machine acceptance criteria that scale across multiple OEMs, configurations, and sites.
- Commissioning, FAT/SAT, and Qualification Support: Build and own FAT and SAT playbooks, commissioning checklists, and validation plans. Partner with Quality and Process teams to ensure integrated systems support qualification and production release.
- Reliability, Maintainability, and Uptime: Apply reliability engineering discipline for AM equipment (PM strategy, spares, calibration, MTBF and MTTR tracking, failure mode mitigation); perform structured root cause analysis with OEMs and internal teams.
- Machine Modification and Performance Upgrades: Lead hardware, firmware, and configuration improvements to increase build envelope utilization, process stability, and throughput while maintaining configuration control.
- Manufacturing Controls and Documentation: Own standard work for machine operation and integration points, including equipment control procedures, safety interlocks, change control, and training; ensure readiness for regulated environments and customer audits.
- Cross-Functional Execution: Partner with Additive Manufacturing, Materials and Process, Manufacturing Engineering, Software, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations to industrialize solutions and deliver production commitments.
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree is a plus.
- 5+ years of experience in metal additive manufacturing systems engineering, equipment engineering, automation, or factory-scale integration with deep familiarity in metal LPBF.
- Hands-on knowledge of metal LPBF machine architecture and subsystems (powder handling, optics, motion, recoater, build plate handling, atmospheres and gas flow, sensing and monitoring, post-build workflow).
- Experience reading, redlining, and maintaining P&IDs for process utility systems in a manufacturing environment.
- Familiarity with reliability engineering fundamentals (PM program design, MTBF/MTTR analysis, structured problem-solving).
- Experience managing OEM relationships and coordinating commissioning across multiple machine platforms.
- Experience deploying automation in production manufacturing environments (safety, interlocks, commissioning, sustaining engineering).
- Strong problem-solving using structured methods (8D, 5 Whys, fishbone) and driving corrective/preventive actions to closure.
- Willing to travel up to 20%, including international supplier visits; U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (required for ITAR compliance).
Skills
Required:System integrationFAT/SAT/IQ/OQ/QAP&IDs
Nice to have:Reliability engineering
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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