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This role owns the sustaining engineering function end-to-end: setting the technical strategy for tool qualification and health monitoring, growing and developing a team of Process Engineers and Technicians, and partnering with Applications, Hardware, Software, and Manufacturing to ensure printed part quality and consistency as the fleet scales. The Sr. Manager oversees day-to-day qualification and troubleshooting work, sets priorities across competing production and R&D demands, and represents sustaining engineering in cross-functional and customer-facing discussions.\nEssential Functions\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nLead, hire, mentor, and develop a team of Process Engineers & Technicians responsible for printer qualification, in-build/post-build metrology, and continuous process improvement across the printer fleet, both at Velo3D and customer sites.\nOwn the planning and prioritization for sustaining process engineering, balancing new printer qualification, ongoing fleet health monitoring, and production troubleshooting.\nSet and enforce standards for experimental design, statistical rigor, and data-driven decision making across qualification and improvement projects.\nReview and approve qualification reports, root-cause investigations, and disposition decisions before release to internal stakeholders or customers.\nManage the metrology lab, including oversight of lab technicians, equipment (opticl microscopy, 3D profilometers, X-ray inspection, EDM).\nSet and audit metrology procedures and acceptance criteria to ensure measurement accuracy, repeatability, and consistency across technicians and shifts.\nOwn hiring, training, and performance management for metrology lab technicians, including cross-training to support fluctuating qualification and production demands.\nCollaborate with Hardware and Software engineering teams to validate new printer features, provide structured feedback, and align sustaining priorities with the product roadmap.\nEstablish and maintain SOPs, checklists, and analysis guides for the team; drive consistency and knowledge sharing across shifts and printer platforms.\nMonitor team and machine-level KPVs to pre-emptive flag hardware degradation before failure.\nManage resourcing and scheduling to ensure adequate coverage for qualification builds, troubleshooting, and production support.\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives that decrease requalification time and increase operational efficiency across the printer fleet.\nRepresent sustaining process engineering in cross-functional planning, customer interactions, and executive reviews.Participate in and lead team, department, and other assigned meetings.\n\nQualifications\nEducation:\nRequired: Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing, or related discipline) from an accredited university.\nExperience:\nRequired: 6+ years of experience in advanced manufacturing, process engineering, or a related technical field, including direct work with metal additive manufacturing, laser powder bed fusion, or comparable precision manufacturing processes.\nRequired: 2+ years of experience directly managing or leading engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development.\nDesired: Experience scaling a sustaining or qualification engineering function in a high-growth manufacturing environment.\nOther Requirements:\nProven ability to lead and develop a technical team in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.\nStrong desire to work for a dynamic company building disruptive technologies, with a high tolerance for ambiguity.\nDemonstrated skill in translating hands-on engineering problems into team priorities, roadmaps, and resourcing decisions.\nStrong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills; comfortable reviewing and challenging statistical experimental design.\nExcellent cross-functional communication skills; able to represent the team to Applications, Hardware, Software, Manufacturing, and customers.\nWorking knowledge of metrology methods relevant to metal AM, such as optical microscopy, 3D profilometry, digital radiography, and metallographic analysis; sufficient to manage the lab and its technicians and to review their work.\nExperience with JMP or similar statistical software is highly desirable.\nPython or JSL scripting experience is a plus.\nExperience with CAD (e.g., SolidWorks) is a plus.\nHigh level of accountability and ownership.\nPhysical Requirements and Work Environment\nPhysical Requirement while working in laboratory:\nMust wear steel-toed boots.\nMust wear protective eyewear.\nMay require hearing protection.\nHigh frequency of computer keyboarding.\nHigh frequency of viewing a computer monitor.\nOther personal protective equipment as applicable.\nWork Environment:\nWork is performed in an office and manufacturing laboratory environment. 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