{"id":1292426,"url":"https://alion.io/job/aether-bio-application-engineer-additive-manufacturing","title":"Application Engineer, Additive Manufacturing","company":{"id":2007442,"name":"Aether Bio","domain":"aetherbio.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/aetherbio","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Kula","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["South San Francisco, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":90000,"max_usd":170000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":1812},"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false}],"status":"closed","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T08:15:30Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-25","last_verified_at":"2026-10-01T03:46:55Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":"2026-10-01T03:46:55Z","days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"About Aether\nAether Bio is a deep tech company that uses machine learning to discover proteins with high-impact, real-world industrial applications. We’re building super materials, processing critical minerals, and developing new deployable manufacturing technologies. Our current product lines target the defense, unmanned aerospace, and industrial manufacturing sectors, strengthening American manufacturing competitiveness.\nWe are a team of ~40 people spearheading next-generation polymer composite material for additive manufacturing and beyond. Our products are gaining traction in highly demanding 3D printing applications like robotics, drones, and defense - where designers and engineers require differentiated speed and performance.\nRole Overview\nAs Applications Engineer, you will serve as the technical bridge between Aether and our end users. This customer-facing role will work directly with engineers at organizations to evaluate, optimize, and expand the use of our materials in real-world applications.\nYou will partner with prospects, existing customers, resellers, and hardware OEM partners to support successful adoption of our materials, troubleshoot printing challenges, and redesign parts to take advantage of our unique material properties. You will also play a critical role internally by identifying patterns in customer usage, documenting best practices, creating technical content, and helping shape future product development.\nThis role is highly cross-functional and combines elements of applications engineering, product marketing, technical consulting, and early-stage product feedback.\nTravel of up to 40% is expected, particularly during the first year as we build strong technical relationships with customers.\nWhat You’ll Do\nCustomer Deployment & Technical Engagement\nWork directly with engineering teams to deploy and optimize our materials in their additive manufacturing workflows\n\nSupport both pre-sales evaluations and post-sale optimization and qualification\n\nTravel onsite to assist with printer setup, parameter tuning, and troubleshooting\n\nGuide customers with DfAM to maximize performance with our materials\n\nBuild Technical Credibility in the Market\nServe as a trusted technical partner to our customers and users\n\nCommunicate clearly about the strengths and limitations of our materials\n\nCollaborate to identify new applications where our materials deliver the greatest performance advantages\n\nRepresent Aether technical capabilities at events, trade shows, and conferences\n\nCapture Learnings & Develop Content\nIdentify usage patterns across customer environments and printing systems\n\nDevelop internal and customer-facing technical guidance including:\nPrint parameters and best practices guidelines\n\nWinning application highlights and case studies\n\nCompetitive landscape evaluations\n\nDemo parts and applications highlighting unique Aether differentiators\n\nInform Product Development\nRepresent the Voice of the Customer, and provide structured feedback to our materials and product teams\n\nSurface recurring technical challenges, feature requests, and opportunities for improvement\n\nHelp shape the roadmap for future materials and product iterations\n\nWhat Success Looks Like (First 12 Months)\nCustomers achieve reliable, repeatable results using our materials\nIncreased reorder rates from existing customers\n\nSuccessful technical deployments across multiple customers\n\nDevelopment of foundational technical documentation and print guidelines\n\nIdentification of high-value use cases where our materials provide clear advantages\n\nEstablishment of several technically credible reference customers\n\nRequired Experience\n3+ years of experience in additive manufacturing, advanced materials, or industrial 3D printing applications\n\nHands-on experience tuning and optimizing FDM/FFF printing processes\n\nStrong understanding of polymer behavior, print parameter tradeoffs, and additive manufacturing design principles (DfAM).\n\nExperience working directly with engineering teams in technical environments\n\n3D design/CAD skill set\n\nPreferred Experience\nExperience in highly regulated engineering environments\n\nBackground in manufacturing, materials science, polymer engineering, mechanical engineering, or related fields\n\nExperience supporting customers in a field applications, technical consulting, or deployment role\n\nFamiliarity with design for additive manufacturing (DfAM)\n\nTravel\nUp to 40% travel, primarily within the United States.\n\nLocation\nHybrid remote and on-site at the Aether South San Francisco office","description_format":"text","description_chars":4552,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Science & Engineering","Corporate Events","Petroleum & Mining Engineering"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T08:15:30Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-01T03:46:55Z"}],"liveness":null,"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/aether-bio-application-engineer-additive-manufacturing","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/aether-bio-application-engineer-additive-manufacturing.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T14:59:27Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"search","counted_by":"address","units_charged":0,"used_today":0,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":null,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}