CODEX Design Engineer
Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) is pioneering a new generation of additive manufacturing technologies focused on the production of end-use parts. We offer a portfolio of integrated additive manufacturing solutions for engineers, designers and manufacturers comprised hardware, software, materials, and services. Our solutions span use cases across the product life cycle, from product development to mass production and aftermarket operations, and they address an array of industries, including automotive, aerospace, healthcare, consumer products, heavy industry, machine design and research and development. At Desktop Metal, we believe additive manufacturing, commonly referred to as 3D printing, is one of the most exciting and transformational technology innovations of our time.
Adaptive3D, a wholly owned subsidiary of Desktop Metal, Inc. (NYSE: DM), is a materials manufacturing company that leads the industry in offering high-strength, high-performance elastomeric resins for production-grade, mid-volume 3D printing. As industry forerunners, we provide key insights and expertise in creating optimized, flexible structures that use an intrinsic shape-memory response and significantly less material to achieve better load-transfer capabilities. At CODEX, Adaptive’s Center of Design Excellence, these geometry-driven design approaches are further optimized to improve our customer’s experiences with end-part performance. The cost of injection-molding polymers is dominated by raw materials costs today; with your help on efficient design optimization, additive manufacturing will begin to displace many current forms of manufacturing. We are looking for highly motivated developers who share our vision of a greener plastics manufacturing supply chain driven by additive manufacturing technologies and fulfilled using our powerful resins, creative ideas, intelligent architectures, novel algorithms, and passionate team.
Adaptive3D’s core values set our company apart from our competitors, making it a fun and engaging place to work:
Respecting the Mind: We are actively receptive to ideas and perspectives from all our associates; with a flat company hierarchy, senior management is highly engaged in your professional development.
Challenging the Spirit: We are a fast-growing, recently acquired startup that works on solving problems our competitors have yet to even start considering.
Unlocking our Dreams: From artificial intelligence to decreased materials waste, our one-part, one-pot chemically stable, patented chemistry will fundamentally shift mid-volume production pathways into a more sustainable future. Are you ready to revolutionize the world?
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a multi-functional team of engineers, chemists, researchers, and designers
- Conduct detailed engineering analysis to drive design decisions, creating models, drawings, and specifications for parts and assemblies along the way
- Work with customers to iteratively optimize designs from prototyping to mass-production
- Measure printed parts using universal testing machines, dynamic mechanical analyses, and other equipment to refine topological optimization parameters
- Write software scripts to perform data analytics on customer/internal test results
Required Qualifications:
Minimum 3 months internship experience in software/engineering/design/product management
High proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks, Creo, Autodesk Inventor, or similar)
Experience designing parts while optimizing for cost, weight, and ease of manufacturing
Strong understand of kinematics, structural design, actuation, fatigue, and stress-driven failure pathways
Experience using Finite Element Analysis to improve CAD models
Familiarized with additive manufacturing (i.e. experience using 3D printers, designing lattices, knowledge of different types of additive manufacturing processes)
Pluses:
You are a maker and doer. Show us your projects.
Experience using Lattice design software (Grasshopper, nTopology)
Proven capabilities in multi-tasking and managing multiple deadlines
Exceptional attention to detail and engineering discipline
Experience with DLP-based 3D printing
Desire to work in a fast-paced, high-growth company
At Desktop Metal & Adaptive3D, innovation is at the core of our DNA. And we believe ground-breaking discoveries are born from diverse teams with unique backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to employing a diverse workforce with equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
Application Process:
Resume (1 page)
Cover Letter (answer the following questions):
- Imagine a world where every design idea you had could be manifested into reality repeatably and without fail (we’re not there yet, but one day!). Describe the types of challenges you’d have to overcome to continue to be successful as a design engineer.
- You received an offer to work in Additive Manufacturing and you zoom-call your best friend to tell them about it. “What does that mean?” They ask, not familiar with the concept. You explain:
