Career Opportunities

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Process Engineer performs experiments to develop novel metal 3D printing processes under the supervision of senior engineers and technologists, and works with senior staff to put together project plans and detailed experimental designs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work independently to execute experiments from preparing solid models, convert to files that can be printed, schedule files to be printed, troubleshoot issues that occur during print and analyzing parts after print.
• Make detailed observations of experiments and note any anomalies on the tool during the run and troubleshoot any anomalies.
• Perform all post-build analysis including metrology measurements such as tensile properties, surface roughness measurements and metallographic analysis.
• Analyze in-build metrology data to gain insight into mechanisms of variable part performance.
• Responsible for recording all data in a summary presentation for each experiment and prepare weekly update that summarizes the experimental progress on the project.
• Work with process team to analyze experimental observations and data, plan and execute subsequent experiments based upon prior results.
• Participate in on-call schedule rotation to serve as process escalation contact for operations team.
• Follow procedures to operate 3D Printers in lab.
• Remove completed parts from machine after 3D printing completed.
• Participate in team and other assigned meetings.
• Other duties as needed or required.

EDUCATION:
Required: Post-graduate degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics or related field is preferred; or Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of highly applicable experience
Desired: Ph.D. degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.

EXPERIENCE:
Required: Basic Knowledge of DOE and Statistics
Desired: Experience with CAD or Solidworks modelling. Coding experience in MATLAB or related software is preferred.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• High commitment to contribute to a positive, high paced and results oriented work environment
• Experience defining and conducting experiments based on required learning; parameterizing cause
  and effects of experiment, and analyzing experiments data using statistical tools included in
  software such as JMP or similar
• Ability to organize parts and data
• Committed to quality, safety and communication
• High level of accountability
• Skilled in communicating, both verbal and written, on experimental and other results; and reading
  complex scientific papers and highlight key phenomena and learning
• Attention to detail
• Team-oriented and self-directed
• Ability to quickly absorb and efficiently incorporate changing project needs

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Able to lift a maximum of 60 pounds and stand for extended periods of time

OTHER PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS while working in laboratory:

• Must wear steel-toed boots
• Must wear protective eye-wear
• May require hearing protection
• High frequency of computer keyboarding
• High frequency of viewing a computer monitor
• Other personal protective equipment as applicable

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in office and manufacturing laboratory. Work is may be performed in emergency and
stressful situations and may include handling of hazardous materials.

POSITION OVERVIEW: 

Senior Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineer position responsible for the design and development of new and innovative metal additive technologies.  Drive integrated mechanical, electro-mechanical and opto-mechanical assemblies from concept to production.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Design and develop new and innovative solutions and for continuous improvement related to enhancing system performance, reliability and manufacturability
• Research, develop, and design mechanical and electromechanical prototypes, systems and subsystems
• Conduct tests and analyze the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems using methods such as FMEA.
• Oversee and coordinate activities involved in fabrication, operation, application, installation, and repair of mechanical or electromechanical products and systems.
• Manage small to mid-sized projects from concept to production.
• Collaborate in a team environment working with Hardware, Software and Process.
• Drive full documentation of design including BOM, drawings and procedures
• Perform tolerance analysis at the system and subsystem level
• Participates in team and other assigned meetings

EDUCATION:

Required: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in mechanical engineering or a related field.

EXPERIENCE: 

• Required:
• 5+ years of experience in Mechanical Systems Design and Development
• 5+ years of CAD experience
• 5 years’ experience designing manufacturing systems for semiconductor, machining, automation, materials processing, or other related industrial capital equipment applications.
• Desired:
• Automation/mechanical system design experience
• Metal additive manufacturing experience a plus but not required

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• High level of commitment to contribute to a positive, high-paced and results-oriented work environment
• Willing and able to work “Hands-on” to build, integrate and test newly developed systems and/or subsystems
• Good experience in CAD design including GD&T, FEA and quality detail drawing documentation.
• Self-driven and independent thinking. Ability to work independently.
• Strong desire to work for an early stage startup company on disruptive technologies and make it a success.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

POSITION OVERVIEW: 

As Director of the Oil & Gas Segment, your number one responsibility will be to drive market share and revenue production within the Oil and Gas production focus segment for Velo3D.  In pursuit of this goal, you will engage with Fortune 500 OEM customers in Oil and Gas companies to identify production parts programs that will benefit from Velo3D Sapphire’s unique metal AM production solution.   You will be responsible for developing the Oil and Gas industry’s adoption of Sapphire systems for their part production; resulting in Sapphire systems that Velo3D sells into the supply chain supporting this production.    To accomplish this you will work closely with OEMs, their supply chain partners and Velo3D applications and process engineers to identify the right part candidates, assess the impact of deploying the Sapphire Solution to parts production, and program manage the evaluation of the Sapphire solution from candidate parts identification through contract placement for serial manufacturing within the Velo3D Manufacturing Alliance of service bureaus and contract manufacturers (“supply chain”).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Extend and enrich Velo3Ds Oil and Gas Target Prospect Data Base
• Develop and maintain target list of Top prospects for business development
• Provide guidance and input on industry segment strategy, go to market tools, requirements and materials
• Develop account relationships
• ID product and program owners, production managers and decision makers
• Search for and identify parts requirements within existing and new programs that will benefit from Metal AM capabilities
• Discuss demonstrate and qualify Velo3D’s differentiated value for identified programs
• Model and assess the impact of Velo3D solutions to help prospective customers understand the differentiated value of using Sapphire metal AM solutions
• Program manage qualified parts engagements from early stage to volume manufacturing

REQUIREMENTS:

• Current efficient and effective sales and account management skills
• Experience working with design and manufacturing engineering teams
• Consultative and technically competent engagement style
• Stellar verbal communications skills
• Proficiency with use of SalesForce CRM
• Analytical and abstract thinking skills, able to refine down to discrete actionable plans
• Incredible drive to hit and exceed goals
• Ability to self-motivate and manage complex projects to conclusion

EXPERIENCE:

• Manufacturing or engineering background and on the job practical technical experience
• Familiarity with mechanical engineering applications
• CAD/CAM systems use and understanding
• Industry experience or familiarity in: Oil and Gas systems production

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

• Intelligent
• Curious
• Driven
• Articulate
• Analytical
• Concise
• Well rounded
• Affable
• Interesting with a sense of personal style:
  • Takes ownership and responsibility, believes in the ideals that:
  • Every day matters, and to keep information reporting “real time all the time”
  • Don’t be a jerk
  • Never stop learning
  • A reasonable plan well executed is worth far more than a great plan that never starts

OTHER

• BS in Science, Technology, Engineering Math, MS or MBA a big plus
• Ten years of real-world experience business experience in technical and product areas
• Five years of selling experience

POSITION OVERVIEW:

As the Solutions Engineer you will be the applications expert responsible for technical support to Velo3D’s market share and revenue growth targets in the Oil & Gas segment.   Velo’s revenue will come from Sapphire sales to service bureaus/contract manufacturers (CMs) servicing production of OEMs parts manufactured on Sapphire within the Oil & Gas segment.    In pursuit of this goal, you will apply Velo3D consultative part impact validation processes to solve OEM’s critical metal part problems (poor quality, long lead time, high costs, etc.) by proving Sapphire additive manufacturing benefits over current production using traditional manufacturing methods.  You will lead the process to build compelling business cases for parts with significant annual volume of $500,000 per year or more.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be the expert on Oil & Gas systems/part applications suitable for additive manufacturing (critical requirements, product families and systems and missions) and their manufacturing process. Understand the technical challenges OEMs typically have with their variety of parts/part families to guide them through part discovery to selected parts that will provide business benefit from transition to production on Sapphire.
• Consult with OEM companies to develop a fast cadence to assist the discovery of impact parts within existing parts to find supply problems where Sapphire will deliver a good business case (i.e. meets the economic and technical requirements to deliver impact value over current manufacturing)
• Collect and analyze critical information for business case (ROI) assessment as well as educate OEM teams so they develop skills for identifying good impact parts
• Apply judgement as to when its more useful to OEM and additional Sapphire sales in supply chain to assist an OEM in their new designs or modifications of existing designs for Sapphire. Time to volume part production is longer for design modifications and longer still for NPI of new part designs; so judgement is important on how best to guide/influence OEMs for soonest business benefit from AM transition; early success accelerates an OEM’s learning curve of where and how  AM can expand business value.
• Find compelling part applications for Sapphire production across the Oil & Gas ecosystem (e.g. Artificial Lift, Completions, Drilling Services, etc.) and document attributes of the part families along with make generic demo parts in Velo’s Sapphire facilities that speed part discovery discussions.
• You are responsible to ensure OEM part goals are met through selection and part validation processes and through to the OEM commitment for annual part production on Sapphire systems
• Serve as internal “voice of the customer” in development activities.
• Develop content for marketing materials and be the face of the company (case studies, briefs, videos, events, present at conferences, etc.)
• Keep current in the important fields in your Industry Segment related to advanced design and advanced manufacturing (e.g. stay informed and aware of latest industry practices and developments in science and technology).

REQUIREMENTS:

• Technically competent in Oil & Gas applications from working in engineering and/or manufacturing of Oil & Gas systems and its critical metal parts.
• Excellent analytical skills in the selection of parts for Sapphire and strong business case development abilities to compel OEM production commitments on Sapphire systems.
• High level of proficiency in applying CAD/CAM systems in engineering
  • Including at least one of these: CAD (eg. Solidworks), programming languages (eg. C++, python, MatLab), generative design tools (Altair Inspire, nTopology Element) and print preparation software (Materialise Magics, Netfabb)
• Understanding of product design in Oil & Gas systems along with the OEM’s part qualification requirements based on relevant industry qualification/certification standards
• Good understanding of material property requirements for parts in the Oil & Gas systems
• Solid understanding of the full range of manufacturing alternatives for a given part application, including strong knowledgeable on metal additive manufacturing and the full range of post-processing (after 3D print) steps and associated costs.
  • Working knowledge of conventional machining techniques, costs and trade-offs.
  • Working knowledge of competitive systems and solutions (from design, print-prep, simulation, print and quality solutions / analytics).
• Excellent customer facing skills in support of technical solutions that deliver business value
• Hands-on ability to develop and make use of the Velo3D technology and work closely with process development and engineering to refine current Sapphire systems and influence the company roadmap.
• Demonstrated leadership, leading cross functional teams and ability to influence for results.
• High commitment to contribute to a positive, high paced and results oriented work environment
• Strong desire to work for an early stage startup company on disruptive technologies and make it a success.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites to support part discovery, sales, training and application development for successful implementations in the Oil & Gas segment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
• Team-oriented and self-directed.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION:

• + 7 years of experience with at least 3 years as a product design engineer with a strong understanding of manufacturing
• 5 years of engineering experience in Oil & Gas applications relevant to good Sapphire applications (e.g. industrial pumps, turbo-machinery, centrifugal pumps, etc.)
• +3 years of customer-facing experience
• BS degree in mechanical or related engineering; preferred a master’s degree in related engineering

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

• Intelligent
• Creative problem solver
• Technically curious
• Articulate
• Analytical
• Concise
• Interesting and with a sense of personal style
  • Delivers on his/her promises (accountable to deliver what they say)
  • Sense of urgency
  • Always learning
  • Disciplined, focused and detail oriented