High Temperature Mechanical Design Engineer

Desktop Metal, based in Burlington, Massachusetts is reinventing the way engineering and manufacturing teams produce metal parts - from prototyping through mass production. Our mission is to advance product innovation with metal 3D printing. Founded in 2015 by leaders in advanced manufacturing, metallurgy, and robotics, the company is addressing the unmet challenges of speed, cost, and quality to make metal 3D printing an essential tool for engineers and manufacturers around the world. Desktop Metal has raised a total of $212 million in financing. Among the company’s investors include GV (formerly Google Ventures), GE Ventures, BMW, Lowe’s, and Techtronic Industries (TTI).

In 2017, Desktop Metal was selected as one of the world’s 30 most promising Technology Pioneers by World Economic Forum; named to MIT Technology Review’s list of 50 Smartest Companies; named by the Boston Globe as one of the Best Places to Work in Boston and recognized among the most important innovations in engineering in Popular Science’s “2017 Best of What’s New.”

We are seeking a talented and self-motivated High Temperature Mechanical Engineer to participate in our furnace and high temperature equipment hardware development process. The ideal candidate will have experience developing production volume furnaces, high temperature ovens, or thermal processing equipment.

The High Temperature Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for:

• Participating in furnace and high temperature equipment architecture development
• Assessing risks in product requirements
• Designing technical solutions to product requirements
• Interfacing with vendors and subject matter experts
• Implementing test fixtures and proof-of-concept equipment as required
• Participating in verification and validation activities
• Presenting designs to technical and leadership teams

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience in fast-paced technology and product development roles
• Demonstrated designs in equipment over 1000C
• Proven transition of technologies from R&D to production
• 10+ years in high temperature equipment technical roles
• Experience on cross-functional teams
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or equivalent

Preferred Experiences:

• Material Processing
• Furnaces
• Phase-gate Design Processes
• Requirements Management System knowledge
• Advanced technical degree
• Industry certifications or certificates