Project Engineer - PMG

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Drive production success by leveraging expertise in sourcing strategies, troubleshooting, and collaborating with machine shops and OEMs to enhance manufacturing capabilities.

Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) powers the industries of today and tomorrow by connecting the people with big ideas to the manufacturers who can bring them to life. Xometry’s digital marketplace gives manufacturers the critical resources they need to grow their business while also making it easy for buyers at Fortune 1000 companies to tap into global manufacturing capacity.

As a DFM Project Engineer, you're primarily responsible for working with customers across an array of industries including aerospace, defense, commercial, automotive, industrial and medical devices. It is critical that you have the ability to evaluate manufacturability of customer designs and recommend solutions utilizing Xometry’s extensive portfolio of technologies.
 
Responsibilities:

  • You will use your expertise to develop and implement the applicable sourcing strategy.
  • Once an order is placed, you will be responsible to aid production in troubleshooting order execution to ensure customer success. 
  • To do this, you must interface directly with machine shops, sheet metal fabrication shops, internal staff members and management, as well as customers. 
  • Additionally, you will take on special projects related to expanding the capabilities of our manufacturing partner network, working with OEM equipment makers, and our internal team of experts to improve our core competencies.  

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, technical or related field preferred.
  • 2-4 years in engineering and manufacturing environment
  • 1-2 years of manufacturing engineering experience with a focus on CNC machining and/or sheet metal fabrication required. 
  • Knowledge will include optimum equipment selections, process cycle times, material limitations and costs and geometry limitations.
  • Experience working with suppliers, OEM equipment providers, and customers
  • Knowledge of GD&T and inspection/QA practices required.
  • Experience with 3D CAD modeling software is necessary (SolidWorks preferred).
  • Ability to identify design for manufacturing (DFM) issues based on CAD models and drawings.
  • Design for manufacturing of CNC and 3D Printed components is a plus.
  • Ability to work with customers on the fly and solve problems quickly.
  • Exceptional English communication skills.
  • Able to work with Partners in troubleshooting production issues and answering partner questions.
  • Able to work well in a fast-paced start-up environment.

Additional Experience:

  • Knowledge of all CNC machining and/or sheet metal fabrication practices for both high and low volume runs required including but not limited to:3/4/5 axis milling.
  • Turning with live tooling.
  • Familiarity with different types of post-processing/plating finishes for machined parts.
  • Familiarity with specialty processes (i.e. wire and sinker EDM, lapping, grinding, honing, and gun drilling) is a plus.
  • Material selection knowledge is a plusUse of press brake technologyLaser/plasma/water jet cutting.
  • Welding of various materials: Hydraulic press (stamping) technology, Progressive die (stamping) technology, 3D printed tooling, Hard tooling, etc.

Please submit your resume in English.

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Xometry is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

For US based roles: Xometry participates in E-Verify and after a job offer is accepted, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Driven by Artificial Intelligence, Xometry [pronounced with a /z/ ] is empowering our customers to build parts that are critical components in next-generation industries from spacecraft and electric vehicles to medical devices and robotics. Our digital marketplace and suite of cloud-based solutions are enabling the long tail of the internet to finally reach the thousands of small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the United States and around the world. Xometry is a two sided, AI enabled marketplace connecting businesses with optimal manufacturing solutions. Customers ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies can simply go to Xometry.com, upload a 3D CAD file of a part they need manufactured and receive an instant-quote with the cost and time to make and ship the part. Orders can be checked out right then and there in less than 10 minutes without having to interface with any manufacturer. This technology is unprecedented in an industry where, traditionally, you would reach out and request quotes from several manufacturers taking days if not weeks to get your parts ordered.   Here at Xometry, we are a leading company in On Demand Manufacturing. We are in a hyper-growth phase, with a manufacturing platform that is loved and used by customers around the world.  If you're dedicated and ambitious, Xometry is an excellent place to grow your career.

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