Senior Materials and Process Engineer – Additive Manufacturing

BLUE ORIGIN

. Lead tactical and strategic efforts within a cross-functional Materials & Processes team to lead direction of Additive Manufacturing efforts and hardware within Blue Origin’s world class in-house facilities.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeFlorida, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $145,188 - $203,263 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead tactical and strategic efforts within a cross-functional Materials & Processes team to lead direction of Additive Manufacturing efforts and hardware within Blue Origin’s world class in-house facilities.
Identify low maturity Additive Manufacturing technologies to improve technical performance or manufacturability of hardware.
Support a team of proficient high performing engineers.
Develop Additive Manufacturing processes, parameters, requirements, and specifications for existing and novel metallic materials.
Lead test campaigns designing, collecting and analyzing material properties data for produced Additively Manufactured metallic materials and hardware.
Collaborate closely with design, manufacturing, quality, and integration engineers to implement requirements in all phases of AM coupled with robust production solutions and design for manufacture.
Implement root cause and corrective actions for AM builds.
Optimize and production harden AM processes to increase throughput and decrease variability.
Contribute to the development of internal engineering and quality processes to standardize and accelerate material evaluation and implementation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years directly related Metallic Additive Manufacturing experience.
Minimum Bachelors in material science/engineering or related field
Principle investigator in process development and optimization of metallic Additive Manufacturing processes.
Hands on experience measuring, analyzing, developing, characterizing Additive Manufacturing of nickel (e.g. Inconel), aluminum, and copper alloys.
Experience managing technology development projects, measuring technical progress, resources, and managing budgets.
Experience with powder metallurgy.
Knowledge of applicability of characterization methods such as SEM, EDS, EBSD, PSD measurements, XRF, ICP, and OES.
Proven experience developing and delivering test plans for analysis and qualification of components or materials.
Proven experience developing and completing experimental plans, analyzing data and concisely reporting the results.
Strong written and personal computer skills.
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Additive Manufacturingprocess developmentprocess optimizationmaterial characterizationpowder metallurgySEMEDSEBSDXRFICP

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillsorganizational skillswritten communicationteam leadershipcollaboration