Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tech World Networking, an HR consultancy, is recruiting for an additive manufacturing engineering internship; the hiring client is not identified. The intern will support engineering design, manufacturing, process development, and data analysis, including work on cold spray processes and additive manufacturing for a launch vehicle.
Responsibilities
- Resolve manufacturing challenges and issues by implementing root cause corrective actions related to additive products and assets
- Author and maintain standard operating procedures and work instructions for PBF production operations
- Clear barriers to production operations with live issue resolution on the shop floor
- Support the design, development, and readiness reviews of mechanical and manufacturing systems for additive hardware, robots, and sensors
- Build lightweight software tools and run data analyses to drive informed engineering and manufacturing decisions
- Contribute to manufacturing and infrastructure planning, identifying improvements for process readiness
- Collaborate across mechanical, manufacturing, process, and robotics engineering teams to deliver innovative solutions
- Assist in compiling and presenting technical findings, ensuring clarity and traceability in communication
- Coordinate and track project tasks, timelines, and deliverables, contributing to cross-functional program management
- Develop, improve, and validate in-house additive manufacturing processes towards scaling future Terran R launch vehicle demand
- Evaluate and integrate new equipment or technologies to support cold spray production repeatability and quality
- Support process characterization efforts to improve fundamental understanding of cold spray deposition mechanisms
- Support experimental design, execution, and evaluation of cold spray trials for new materials and components
- Collaborate with engineers to troubleshoot process variability and identify improvement opportunities
Skills
- Pursuing a BS or MS in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials, or related field)
- Comfortable working with Python or similar coding environments to analyze data and communicate results
- Strong communicator who thrives in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments and takes initiative with minimal supervision
- Obtaining BS or MS in aerospace, mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering
- Demonstrated ability to define and implement a process from scratch and effectively communicate to a diverse team
- To be successful in this role, you need to be able to thrive in ambiguity, identify problems and quickly resolve them, and provide definition to the previously undefined
- You will need to balance a scrappy, get-it-done attitude with a vision for the long-term processes required for scaling and efficiency!
- Curious, detail-oriented, and eager to learn about advanced manufacturing and rocket manufacturing
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals such as thermodynamics, materials behavior, and mechanics of materials
- A collaborative problem-solver with the ability to adapt to technical challenges in a production environment
- Familiarity with metal additive manufacturing technologies and alloy systems (aluminum, nickel, copper, steel, titanium, etc.)
- Basic knowledge of metallurgy, heat treatments, and post-processing techniques
- Understanding of motor control, robotics, and mechanical design fundamentals
- Experience in data science, informatics, or project planning involving multiple stakeholders
- Knowledge of design for additive manufacturing (DFAM) of metal components
- Familiarity with additive manufacturing technologies, specifically metal AM technologies like Laser-Powder Bed Fusion, WAAM, DED, etc
- Familiarity with rocket propulsion system concepts
- Strong understanding of cold spray process
- Hands-on cold spray experience is preferred, not required
- Knowledge of surface and materials characterization techniques (SEM, EDS, XRD, hardness testing)
- Experience with CAD/CAE tools (SolidWorks, ANSYS, or similar) for component design and simulation
- Experience with toolpath generation for cold spray additive manufacturing
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