VulcanForms
Staff Product Development Engineer - Aerospace & Defense
$125K–$172K
Devens, MA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years; preference for LPBF or similar additive technology experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Materials, Aerospace, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Own aerospace and defense customer products from concept through serial production, developing and qualifying repeatable manufacturing processes and supporting production launches.
What you'll do
- Develop part processes with additive, post-processing, and quality teams; apply design-for-manufacturing principles with process owners and vendors.
- Support production, metrology, defect investigations and corrective actions, First Article Inspections, launches, and change orders.
- Improve product development processes and coordinate technical development across multidisciplinary teams.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of progressive, hands-on product or applications development experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Materials, Aerospace, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
- Expert-level proficiency in advanced 3D CAD software; deep mastery of GD&T, statistical process capability, tolerance stack-up analysis, and DFM/DfAM constraints.
- Strong working knowledge of subtractive manufacturing operations and their integration with additive workflows.
Nice to have
- Experience in LPBF or similar additive technology.
- Specialized skills with build-preparation tools.
Pay
$124,800 to $171,600 USD annual base salary
Tools
Siemens NX, Creo, SolidWorks, Magics, nTopology, Amphyon, LPBF, EDM
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